Payroll Operations Manager

Atlassian Williams F1 Team; Grove; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlassian Williams F1 Team is seeking a Payroll Operations Manager to lead end-to-end payroll for all staff, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance with UK legislation. You will manage payroll systems, data integrity, and vendor relationships while driving process improvements and AI-enabled automation.

The role requires strong leadership, expert knowledge of HMRC rules, pensions, year-end duties, and collaboration with People Systems, Finance and Tax teams to optimise payroll operations

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing end-to-end payroll operations in a complex organisation.
• Detailed knowledge of UK payroll legislation, taxation, and statutory reporting.
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing or developing a payroll team.
• Proficient in payroll systems and MS Excel.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to manage deadlines and work accurately under pressure.
• Identify, trial and embed AI and automation tools to streamline payroll processing.
• Advocate AI adoption within the payroll and wider People Services team, building team capability and confidence with new tools.
• Use AI and data analytics to strengthen payroll accuracy, exception reporting, and anomaly detection.
• Partner with the People Systems team to evaluate and adopt emerging AI functionality within payroll platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations for all employees, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Ensure compliance with HMRC legislation, pension regulations, and statutory requirements.
• Oversee calculations of pay, overtime, bonuses, allowances, deductions, and statutory payments.
• Manage year-end activities including P60s, P11Ds and tax-year submissions; lead on payroll benefits.
• Oversee payroll systems with People Systems; maintain data integrity and efficient workflows.
• Collaborate with People Systems, Finance and Tax to design and improve payroll processes.
• Maintain secure, accurate payroll data in line with data protection guidelines.
• Manage relationships with third-party payroll providers, pension providers, and auditors.
• Provide timely, accurate payroll data to Finance for budgeting and reporting.
• Lead governance, audits and process improvements to reduce risk.

Skills

End-to-end payroll ops

UK payroll legislation

People management

Payroll systems & MS Excel

Analytical thinking

Education

CIPP qualification or equivalent

Tools

Workday integrations

SAP integrations

ADP integrations

Job description

Role Purpose:

ThePayroll OperationsManageris responsible fortheaccurateandtimelydelivery ofthe Williams F1 Team’spayrollprovision. This role oversees all payroll processes, ensures compliance with statutory requirements, manages payroll vendors and systems,providesexpert advice to leaders and employees on payroll mattersandthe Payroll SME for the People Services team. The PayrollOperationsManager drives continuous improvement, ensuring that processes are efficient,well‑controlled, and aligned with organisational policies.

Main Duties

Payroll Processing & Compliance

• Lead and manageend‑to‑endpayroll operations for all employees, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.

• Ensure compliance with HMRC legislation, pension regulations, and statutory requirements.

• Oversee calculations of pay, overtime, bonuses, allowances, deductions, and statutory payments (SMP, SSP, SPP, etc.).

• Manageyear‑endpayroll activities including P60s, P11Ds andtax‑yearsubmissions.Together with leading on payrolling benefits for 2027.

Systems & Data Management

• Oversee payroll systemsin partnership with the People Systems team, ensuring data integrity and optimised workflow.

• Partner withPeople Systems, Finance, andTaxteams to design and enhancepayroll‑relatedprocesses.

• Maintain secure,accurateemployee payroll data in line with data protection guidelines.

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

• Manage relationships withthird‑partypayroll providers, pension providers, and auditors.

• Act as main point of contact for internal stakeholders on payroll queries and reporting.

• Providetimely,accuratepayroll data to Finance for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.

Controls, Audit & Process Improvement

• Establish strong governance and control frameworks to reduce risk and ensure compliance.

• Lead internal and external audit activities related to payroll.

• DriveAI,automation and efficiency across payroll processes, seeking opportunities for system and process improvements.

Working at Williams F1 Team accountabilities:

Fulfil all organisational expectations, including but not limited to the following:

• Understand and work in line with Williams Values & Behaviours, encouraging others to do the same.

• Ensure understanding of and compliance with health and safety obligations.

• Maintain personalhigh standardsof behaviour and conduct, being a positive ambassador for the department.

• Ensure you adhere to brand rules andmaintainhigh standardsof department presentation.

• Work to quality standards andidentifyand contribute ways to continuously improve department and personal performance.

• Ensure understanding of cost cap rules and requirements.

Company Description

For almost 50 years, Atlassian Williams F1 Team has been at the forefront of one of the fastest sports on the planet, being one of the top three most successful teams in history competing in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. With an almost unrivalled heritage of engineering and racing F1 cars and unforgettable eras that demonstrate it is a force to be reckoned with, the British squad boasts 16 F1 World Championship titles to its name.

Since its foundation in 1977 by the eminent, late Sir Frank Williams and engineering pioneer Sir Patrick Head, the team has won nine Constructors’ Championships, in association with Cosworth, Honda and Renault. Its roll call of drivers is legendary, with its seven Drivers’ Championship trophies being lifted by true icons of the sport: Alan Jones, Keke Rosberg, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve. The team has made history before and is out to make it again with a long-term mission to evolve and return to the front of the grid.

Qualifications

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

Essential

• Proven experience managingend‑to‑endpayroll operations in a complex organisation.

• Detailed knowledge of UK payroll legislation, taxation, and statutory reporting.

• Strong leadership skills with experience managing or developing a payroll team.

• Proficient in payroll systems and MS Excel.

• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, andproblem‑solvingcapability.

• Ability to manage deadlines and work accurately under pressure.

AI Enablement

• Identify, trial and embed AI and automation tools to streamline payroll processing and reduce manual effort.

• Act as an advocate for AI adoption within the payroll and wider People Services team, building team capability and confidence with new tools.

• Use AI and data analytics to strengthen payroll accuracy, exception reporting, and anomaly detection.

• Partner with the People Systems team to evaluate and adopt emerging AI functionality within payroll platforms.

Desirable

• CIPP qualification or equivalent.

• Experience withPeople systems/payroll integrations (e.g., Workday, SAP, ADP,OSV,etc.).

• Experience withinmulti‑site,multi‑contract, or unionised environments.

• Experience in using AI in Payroll Operations.

Additional Information

Atlassian Williams F1 Team is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.