Payroll Specialist - 12 Months Full Time Contract (Hiring Immediately)

JR United Kingdom; Paisley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Payroll Specialist for a 12-month full-time contract in Paisley. This role is vital for ensuring accurate payroll delivery, managing payroll records, and compliance with statutory requirements. Candidates should have extensive payroll experience, demonstrating leadership and decision-making skills.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of payroll administration and support.
• Successful in driving process and procedural change.
• Ability to make decisions considering policy and legislation.

Responsibilities

• Managing payroll functions including employee pay calculations.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory filings and managing responses to government notices.
• Leading and supervising a team while supporting their professional development.

Skills

Payroll administration

Decision-making

Process improvement

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

Payroll Specialist - 12 Months Full Time Contract (Hiring Immediately), Paisley

Client: Barclays Bank PLC

Location: Paisley

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 3

Posted: 10.06.2025

Expiry Date: 25.07.2025

Job Description:

This role is responsible for specialist payroll support in the delivery of the UK and Crown Dependency payrolls. The role manages critical payroll activity to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of the monthly payroll, such as running the gross to net calculations, providing input to change projects both business and government led, and the administration of legislative documentation such as P60 and P11D. The role provides effective management of escalations for the tier 2 payroll team, offering guidance and support through to resolution.

To be successful as a Payroll Specialist, you must have experience with:

• Extensive experience of payroll administration and support, with expertise level
• Decision-making that considers policy, legislation, operational performance, and team deliverables
• Proven success in driving process and procedural change initiatives from conception to implementation

You may be assessed on key skills such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

12 Months Full Time Contract - Northampton

Purpose of the role

To manage payroll functions, including calculating employee pay, withholding taxes, deductions, maintaining accurate payroll records, and resolving complex pay queries.

Accountabilities

• Processing payroll for hourly, salaried, and commissioned employees, including tax calculations, contributions, and payments
• Managing employee payroll records and troubleshooting issues
• Providing guidance and support to employees on payroll matters
• Ensuring compliance with statutory filings and managing responses to government notices
• Handling payroll statutory reporting and liaising with tax authorities
• Performing activities timely and to high standards, driving continuous improvement
• Leading and supervising a team, supporting professional development, and coordinating resources
• Demonstrating leadership behaviors to foster a thriving environment
• Developing technical expertise and acting as an advisor in the work area
• Collaborating with other functions and business areas
• Taking responsibility for operational processing and activities
• Escalating policy breaches and embedding new policies/procedures
• Advising on decision-making and managing risks related to work
• Understanding how the sub-function integrates within the organization
• Making evaluative judgments and solving problems based on factual analysis
• Communicating complex information effectively
• Building networks internally and externally

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, along with the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, Drive.