Payroll Manager

Insight Technology Solutions SL; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight is seeking a Regional Payroll Manager (EMEA) to lead end-to-end payroll operations across more than 15 countries, supporting around 3,000 teammates in a multinational setting. Strong leadership, governance and process improvement will be essential to drive accuracy and compliance.

Based in the UK (Sheffield 3 days in office), you will partner with HR, Finance, Legal and external providers to ensure timely payroll, GDPR compliance, and ongoing automation across the region.

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing complex, multi-country payroll operations.
• Experience leading payroll teams.
• Strong knowledge of EMEA payroll legislation, tax, social security, pensions and statutory benefits.
• Experience managing payroll data across multiple jurisdictions and GDPR considerations.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with enterprise payroll platforms such as ADP or Workday.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end payroll operations across EMEA ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Legal and external providers to deliver payroll excellence.
• Drive payroll integrations, harmonisation initiatives and onboarding after acquisitions.
• Lead SOX compliance activities, audits and payroll governance processes.
• Develop and mentor a diverse regional payroll team.

Skills

Multi-country payroll management

Leadership / mentoring payroll teams

EMEA payroll legislation

GDPR / payroll data protection

Advanced Excel

ADP / Workday payroll platforms

Automation / AI in payroll

Education

Degree-level education / equivalent

Professional qualification / equivalent

CIPP or equivalent (Desirable)

Tools

ADP

Workday

Job description

Regional Payroll Manager (EMEA)

Location: Sheffield - 3 days a week in office.

At Insight, we're a Fortune 500 Solutions Integrator helping organisations accelerate transformation by unlocking the power of people and technology. We combine deep expertise in cloud, data, AI, cybersecurity, and intelligent edge solutions to deliver extraordinary results for our clients worldwide.

We're looking for an experienced Regional Payroll Manager (EMEA) to lead and oversee payroll operations across more than 15 countries, supporting approximately 3,000 teammates throughout the region. This is a strategic leadership opportunity for a payroll professional who thrives in a complex, multinational environment and is passionate about delivering accuracy, compliance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

What You'll Do

As Regional Payroll Manager, you'll be responsible for the end-to-end management of payroll operations across EMEA, ensuring seamless service delivery while maintaining the highest levels of compliance and governance. You'll work closely with HR, Finance, Legal, external providers, and our Global Payroll team to drive payroll excellence across the region.

• Leading payroll operations across multiple countries, currencies, legal entities and pay frequencies.
• Ensuring compliance with local statutory requirements, tax regulations, social security obligations, pensions, and employee benefits.
• Managing relationships with payroll vendors, managed service providers, and external advisors.
• Driving payroll integrations, harmonisation initiatives, and onboarding activities following acquisitions.
• Partnering with HR and Compensation teams on pay transparency and pay equity initiatives.
• Ensuring compliance with GDPR and regional data protection requirements.
• Supporting month-end accounting, payroll reporting, reconciliations, and financial controls.
• Leading SOX compliance activities, audits, and payroll governance processes.
• Driving automation and AI-enabled process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Developing and mentoring a diverse regional payroll team.

What We're Looking For

We're seeking a highly motivated payroll leader who combines strong technical expertise with exceptional stakeholder management and leadership skills.

Essential

• Significant experience managing complex, multi-country payroll operations.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or managing payroll teams.
• Strong knowledge of EMEA payroll legislation, tax, social security, pensions, and statutory benefits.
• Experience managing payroll data across multiple jurisdictions.
• Understanding of GDPR and payroll-related data protection requirements.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with enterprise payroll platforms such as ADP, Workday, or similar.
• A proactive mindset with an interest in leveraging automation and AI tools to improve processes.
• Degree-level education, professional qualification, or equivalent experience.

Desirable

• Professional payroll qualification (CIPP or equivalent).
• Experience managing payroll through in-country and managed payroll providers.
• Understanding of the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
• Experience supporting payroll transformation, system migrations, or process standardisation projects.
• Experience implementing payroll automation and reporting enhancements.

If you're ready to take the next step in your payroll leadership career and make a meaningful impact across a dynamic international business, we'd love to hear from you.

About Insight

We believe that by giving you the freedom to think big and empower you to reach your full potential, together we will achieve the best outcomes. Along with excellent benefits and a compelling reward package, we offer the opportunity to work in a supportive environment with a high level of autonomy and creativity - theres a reason our average employee tenure is over 6 years.

We strive to display our three core values of Hunger, Heart and Harmony every day. They represent and drive who we are here at Insight and by doing so we are doing amazing things. Insight started in a garage in 1988 and it is through harnessing our three core values that two brothers, Eric and Tim Crown, steered Insight to the Fortune 500 company it is today. We are now a Global IT Services and Solutions business, passionate about helping customers and the real people who sit behind them.

Insight is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to achieving diversity and equality within our organisation. We seek out people from diverse backgrounds and encourage you to apply.

Insight is committed to providing equal opportunities for all applicants and recognizes and values the unique talents and perspectives which individuals with disabilities bring to our workplace and we encourage them to apply. Any information provided regarding changes or adjustments will be kept confidential and used solely for the purpose of ensuring all our candidates can perform at their very best during the recruitment process.