Payroll Specialist

Pavilion Recruitment Solutions; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Pavilion Recruitment Solutions is seeking an experienced Interim Payroll Specialist in London to cover end-to-end monthly payroll for four client entities across the UK and Ireland, supporting around 450 employees. The role operates on a hybrid basis and involves close collaboration with the client’s People Operations and the outsourced payroll provider.

You will perform manual calculations, review drafts for accuracy, and ensure timely payments while staying compliant with UK payroll

Qualifications

• Hands-on, end-to-end payroll experience.
• Experience working with an outsourced payroll provider.
• Strong Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the outsourced provider: send monthly payroll data, answer queries, review calculations, and challenge drafts.
• Collaborate with People Operations to review monthly HR data from Sage.
• Perform manual payroll calculations including maternity, paternity, sick pay, leavers and pensions.
• Check drafts with the Financial Controller and close payroll with the provider.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Outsourced payroll

Excel skills

Payroll data management

Tools

Sage

Job description

Payroll Specialist - Interim - London (hybrid)

We are seeking an experienced Interim Payroll Specialist to provide temporary cover for the end-to-end monthly payroll operations across four client entities (three UK and one Ireland-based business), supporting approximately 450 employees.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the outsourced provider: send the monthly payroll data, answer their queries, carry out and review payroll calculations, and challenge or reject incorrect drafts.
• Work with the client's People Operations team to review and advise on the monthly HR data from Sage.
• Do the manual calculations, including maternity, paternity, sick pay, leavers and pensions.
• Check the provider's draft payrolls, get each one approved by the entity's Financial Controller, and close it with the provider.

Essential experience

• Hands-on, end-to-end payroll experience, with the technical knowledge to spot calculation errors.
• Experience working with an outsourced payroll provider.
• Strong Excel skills.

Desirable

• UK and Ireland payroll experience.
• Knowledge of share-based payments and statutory payments.