Payroll & Reward Specialist

Oakleaf Partnership; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury FMCG business in London is seeking a Payroll & Reward Specialist to manage the payroll for approximately 600 employees across the UK and Ireland. The role requires expertise in UK payroll legislation and a minimum of 5 years of payroll management experience. You will lead payroll processes, oversee outsourced payroll providers, and ensure compliance with regulations. This position offers a hybrid work model with a competitive salary up to £65,000 per annum.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years proven experience managing payroll.
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation and tax codes.
• Experience supporting HRIS/payroll transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end to end payroll process for all UK and Ireland employees.
• Oversee the strategic relationship with outsourced payroll providers.
• Conduct regular payroll audits and risk reviews.

Skills

Payroll management

UK payroll legislation

Attention to detail

Experience in HRIS transformation

Knowledge of reward and benefits processes

Job description

Payroll & Reward Specialist – Permanent – London – Hybrid – up to £65,000 per annum

Oakleaf Partnership are delighted to be partnered with a luxury FMCG business, who are looking for a Payroll & Reward Specialist to join their team. The role will be challenging yet exciting and offer new opportunities for growth. The Payroll & Reward Specialist will be a trusted expert, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery across the UK and Ireland circa 600 employees. While providing high-quality insights to support their global reward and benefits strategy.

The Payroll & Reward Specialist will be assisting/overseeing duties such as:

• Lead the end to end payroll process for all UK and Ireland employees circa 600, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with HMRC, ROI revenue authorities, and other statutory requirements.
• Oversee the strategic relationship with outsourced payroll providers, managing SLAs, challenging inefficiencies, and creating new ways of working to overcome any issues.
• Lead payroll related change projects, including potential HRIS/payroll system transformation, vendor tender processing selection, and implementation.
• Conduct regular payroll audits and risk reviews, implementing robust controls to ensure accuracy, compliance, and GDPR data security.
• Oversee statutory payments such as SSP, SMP, SPP, and all HMRC/Revenue submissions including RTI, P11D, and year-end activities.
• Provide market research, benchmarking data, and operational recommendations to inform strategic decision-making.
• Ensure all reward initiatives are accurately implemented and reflected in payroll and benefits systems.
• Support the strategic review of pension schemes by providing data, market comparisons, and operational insights

Key Skills:

• Minimum of 5 years proven experience managing payroll
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, tax codes, NI, and pension administration; familiarity with Ireland payroll regulations desirable.
• Experience supporting HRIS/payroll transformation projects
• Practical understanding of reward, benefits, and compensation processes, with experience in salary benchmarking.
• Excellent attention to detail

If you are interested in discussing this position in greater detail, please apply now.