Payroll Manager

Meraki Talent; Northampton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial services organization is seeking a Payroll Manager for a 12-month full-time contract in Northampton. This role involves leadership in transforming payroll operations, ensuring compliance, and managing a high-level payroll process. Candidates must possess extensive payroll experience and strong knowledge of statutory requirements in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading payroll functions across large, complex payrolls.
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll and statutory reporting.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage UK and Crown Dependency payrolls, ensuring accurate processing.
• Lead transition of the Crown Dependency payroll.
• Ensure compliance with HMRC and post-payroll activities.

Skills

Payroll Management

Risk Controls

Leadership

Compliance

Process Improvements

Education

Extensive payroll experience at senior/managerial level

Job description

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Meraki Talent are delighted to be supporting the appointment of a Payroll Manager for a prominent financial services organisation on a 12-month full-time contract based in Northampton. This role offers the opportunity to play a key leadership role in the delivery and transformation of payroll operations across the UK and Crown Dependencies.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the UK and Crown Dependency payrolls, ensuring accurate and timely processing, including calculations, deductions, and payments to HMRC and third-party vendors
• Lead the transition of the Crown Dependency payroll to the EME team, ensuring smooth integration and minimal disruption
• Deliver all post-payroll activities, including reconciliations, submissions, and compliance with statutory requirements
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Control, Compliance, and HR to ensure payroll accuracy and efficiency
• Maintain and enhance payroll governance, working instruction documentation, and HMRC return calendars
• Oversee and contribute to payroll-related change initiatives, including global HR transformation and system reengineering projects
• Ensure the team is prepared for operational change, driving readiness, development, and alignment with new processes and technology
• Identify and mitigate risk through the implementation of robust control measures and process improvements
• Serve as a subject matter expert in payroll policy, legislation, and operational efficiency
• Provide clear and confident leadership, coaching and developing team members and ensuring consistent delivery to a high standard

Candidate Profile

• Extensive payroll experience at a senior or managerial level, with strong knowledge of UK payroll and statutory reporting
• Demonstrated success in leading payroll functions across large, complex payrolls, ideally within financial services or regulated environments
• Experience in managing and coaching payroll teams, and delivering operational objectives through leadership and collaboration
• Strong understanding of payroll governance, risk controls, and HMRC requirements
• Proven track record in driving and implementing process improvements and operational change
• Ability to influence and negotiate at senior stakeholder level
• Maturity and capability to handle sensitive, challenging, or complex scenarios confidently and constructively
• Experience contributing to or leading system transformation or payroll integration projects

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

• Industries

  Banking and Financial Services

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