Payroll Manager

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd is recruiting a Payroll Manager to oversee a portfolio of client payrolls and to lead a small team in a busy multi-client environment. The role requires strong end-to-end UK payroll expertise and a proactive, client-focused approach.

The successful candidate will drive service excellence, ensure compliance with all UK payroll legislation, and contribute to continuous process improvements within a hybrid working model (office 2–3 days per week).

Qualifications

• Substantial end-to-end UK payroll experience in a multi-client environment.
• Proven leadership or supervisory experience of a payroll team.
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation including RTI, pensions and year-end processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a portfolio of client payrolls and lead a small payroll team.
• Ensure payrolls are processed accurately, compliantly and on time.
• Act as escalation point for complex payroll queries and legislation matters.
• Drive service excellence, build client relationships and implement process improvements.

Skills

UK payroll

Leadership

Client service

Communication

RTI

Pensions

Year-end

Education

Payroll qualification

Job description

Your new company A well-established professional services organisation is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager or strong Payroll supervisor / Assistant Manager to join their growing payroll function in Liverpool.

Supporting a diverse portfolio of clients across a range of sectors, this business prides itself on delivering a high-quality, customer-focused payroll service while investing heavily in its people, technology and continued growth.

This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys leading teams while maintaining exceptional service standards.

Hybrid work is available.

You will be expected to work from their modern offices 2-3 days per week.

Your new role As Payroll Manager, you will take responsibility for overseeing a portfolio of client payrolls while leading and developing a small team of payroll professionals.

Working within a busy, multi-client environment, you will ensure payrolls are processed accurately, compliantly and to strict deadlines, whilst acting as a key escalation point for complex payroll queries and legislation matters.

You will play a pivotal role in driving service excellence, improving processes, managing client relationships and supporting the continued growth and success of the payroll function.

This position requires a proactive leader who can balance operational delivery with team development and stakeholder engagement.

What you'll need to succeed To be successful in this position, you will have substantial end-to-end UK payroll experience, ideally gained within a payroll bureau, managed payroll service, accountancy practice, professional services environment or shared service centre where you have managed multiple payrolls simultaneously.

You will possess a strong understanding of UK payroll legislation, including RTI, statutory payments, pensions and year-end processes, alongside proven experience leading or supervising a payroll team.

You will be highly organised, commercially aware and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where client service and accuracy are paramount.

Strong communication skills, leadership capability and the ability to manage competing priorities are essential.

A payroll qualification would be advantageous, as would experience managing high-volume or multi-frequency payrolls and driving continuous process improvements.