Payroll Specialist

Liberty HR Recruitment; Langstone; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Liberty Recruitment Group is partnering with an established international organisation to hire a Payroll Specialist in the Portsmouth or Christchurch area. The role offers hybrid working and a salary around £35,000 with excellent benefits. Permanent with a consideration for a 6-12 month contract.

You will support UK and international payroll, work with external providers, and help improve payroll processes while ensuring compliance and data accuracy.

Qualifications

• Previous payroll experience, ideally UK-focused.
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation and statutory requirements.
• Experience with outsourced payroll providers.
• Experience calculating payroll reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Proficient Excel skills including Pivot Tables and lookup functions.
• Discretion with confidential employee information.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end processing of UK and international payrolls.
• Prepare and validate payroll changes for accuracy and compliance.
• Perform payroll reconciliations and variance checks.
• Collaborate with external payroll providers to resolve discrepancies.
• Assist with employee benefits and pension contributions administration.
• Respond to payroll queries with professional service.
• Maintain payroll records and supporting documentation.
• Prepare payroll reports for internal stakeholders.
• Identify improvements to payroll processes and systems.
• Support payroll projects and system changes.

Skills

UK payroll knowledge

SSP/SMP/PAYE/NI/pension contributions

Excel (Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP,

Tools

Excel

Job description

Liberty Recruitment Group are delighted to be partnering with a well-established and growing international organisation in the search for an experienced Payroll Specialist to join their team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced payroll professional to join a collaborative team, supporting the accurate and timely delivery of both UK and international payroll.

Working closely with internal stakeholders and external payroll providers, you will play a key role in ensuring payroll processes run smoothly, maintaining compliance and identifying opportunities to improve systems and ways of working.

This role is a permanent opportunity based in Portsmouth or Christchurch paying £35,000 along with hybrid working arrangements and excellent benefits. They will also consider a 6-12 month contract.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the end-to-end processing of UK and Spanish payrolls

• Prepare and validate payroll changes, ensuring accuracy and compliance

• Complete payroll reconciliations, variance checks and payroll comparisons

• Work closely with external payroll providers to investigate and resolve discrepancies

• Support the administration of employee benefits and pension contributions

• Respond to employee payroll queries, providing a professional and timely service

• Maintain accurate payroll records, procedures and supporting documentation

• Prepare payroll reports and provide information to internal stakeholders

• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, accuracy and efficiency

• Support wider payroll projects, system improvements and process changes

About you

• Previous experience within a payroll role, ideally with strong UK payroll knowledge

• Good understanding of UK payroll legislation and statutory requirements

• Confident working with SSP, SMP, PAYE, National Insurance and pension contributions

• Experience completing payroll reconciliations, variance analysis and identifying discrepancies

• Previous experience working with outsourced payroll providers

• Strong Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP and SUMIFS

• Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage deadlines and competing priorities

• Comfortable working with confidential and sensitive employee information

• Previous experience supporting international payroll would be advantageous

This role will suit someone who:

• Enjoys working with numbers and has a strong eye for detail

• Takes pride in ensuring payroll is accurate and delivered on time

• Is proactive and confident investigating and resolving discrepancies

• Enjoys building relationships with colleagues and external providers

• Is organised, methodical and comfortable working to strict deadlines

• Has a continuous improvement mindset and enjoys finding more efficient ways of working

• Thrives within a busy and collaborative environment