Payroll Manager

Lucy Walker Recruitment; Morley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK recruitment firm is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to oversee the full payroll cycle and manage a team. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with payroll legislation, leading payroll audits, and producing financial reports. Ideal candidates should have a CIPP qualification, extensive payroll experience, and strong leadership skills. This role offers the chance to lead a skilled team in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing end-to-end payroll in a complex organization.
• In-depth knowledge of UK payroll legislation and HMRC regulations.
• Proven experience leading payroll improvement and automation projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end payroll process.
• Manage payroll inputs and compliance.
• Deliver year-end processes including P60s and P11Ds.

Skills

Leadership

Payroll compliance

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

MS Excel

Education

Degree in Finance, Accounting, HR, or Business Administration (desirable)

CIPP qualification (or equivalent)

Tools

Payroll systems

Job description

We are working with a respected and renowned organisation with offices in Leeds who are seeking to appoint an experienced Payroll Manager to not only support and manage the whole pay life cycle but manage a wider team. Playing a key leadership role, the successful candidate will manage the full payroll cycle ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant delivery of payroll for all employees across the organisation.

The Payroll Manager plays a pivotal role in building a strong culture of service excellence within the payroll team, ensuring employees receive a consistently positive experience while also enabling the business with accurate data, reporting, and financial forecasting. The role is vast, but core tasks involve:

• Lead the end-to-end payroll process,
• Manage payroll inputs including new hires, terminations, salary adjustments, promotions, benefits, overtime, bonuses, commission, and statutory deductions.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant UK payroll legislation
• Monitor changes in legislation and case law
• Act as the escalation point for complex payroll queries
• Lead the submission of statutory reporting to HMRC and pension providers
• Deliver year-end processes including P60s, P11Ds, and reporting for audit and compliance purposes.

• Own and administer the payroll system,
• Implement robust reconciliation processes between payroll, HRIS, and finance systems.
• Conduct monthly payroll audits to identify discrepancies
• Provide monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc payroll reports to the Head of HR Operations, Finance, and senior leadership teams.
• Produce reports and analyse trends to provide insights

• Lead, manage, and mentor the payroll team, ensuring they are motivated, high-performing, and aligned with organisational objectives.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and well-respected payroll manager to join and lead this team, the successful applicant will be;

• Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) qualification (or equivalent).
• Hold extensive, proven experience managing end-to-end payroll within a complex, multi-site or multinational organisation.
• In-depth knowledge of UK payroll legislation, HMRC regulations, pensions (including auto-enrolment), and benefits processing.
• Strong experience managing and optimising payroll systems
• Demonstrable track record of leading payroll improvement, automation, and digital transformation projects.
• Proven experience managing and developing a payroll team.
• Advanced MS Excel skills with ability to manipulate and analyse large data sets.

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, HR, or Business Administration (desirable)
• Exposure to multi-country payroll and international tax requirements.

If you hold the above skills and experiences and are looking for a challenging opportunity where your extensive payroll management experience will align, please your CV for confidential review. Due to high applications, if you do not hear from us within 7 days your application has not been successful.