People & Payroll Manager – Scotland, Office-Based

Class One Traffic Management Limited; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday package

9 Bank Holidays

Life assurance

GP appointments and counselling

Training and career development

Job summary

Class One Traffic Management Limited is seeking an experienced HR & Payroll Manager to lead payroll and people functions from our Bonnybridge office, with travel to other locations as required.

You will manage a small team, provide strategic HR advice, and ensure payroll accuracy across Scotland and Northern Ireland, aligning with Group policies and governance. This is a hands-on, office-based role five days a week.

Qualifications

• Experience in a HR generalist, HR Manager or combined HR and payroll role.
• Employee relations expertise and sound knowledge of employment law in Scotland with Northern Ireland knowledge or ability to build it quickly.
• Hands-on payroll management experience, including checking, validation, pensions, statutory payments and compliance.
• Confident in advising and constructively challenging managers at all levels across a multi-site operational environment.
• Excellent judgement, organisation, communication and attention to detail.
• Experience using HR and payroll systems and producing workforce reports and insight.

Responsibilities

• Provide trusted, practical People advice to leaders and managers across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
• Manage and lead a team (4) of Payroll, HR and recruitment professionals within the Bonnybridge office.
• Lead and support employee relations activity, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance and complex absence cases, escalating sensitive or high-risk matters through central People governance.
• Oversee accurate and timely end-to-end fortnightly payroll delivery, including validation of timesheets, rates, allowances, deductions, leave, pensions, salary sacrifice and statutory payments.
• Work closely with the central People Team to implement Group policies, systems, reporting cycles, organisational initiatives and agreed standards consistently.
• Support Northern Ireland operations, recognising the distinct employment, equality and statutory reporting framework and seeking specialist input where appropriate.
• Coordinate Northern Ireland equality monitoring, reporting and record keeping, including relevant Equality Commission requirements.
• Maintain accurate HR and payroll data, produce meaningful workforce information and highlight emerging People risks and priorities.
• Coach managers, strengthen management capability and contribute to workforce planning, organisational change, engagement and business improvement projects.
• Liaise with Finance on payroll controls, reconciliations, year-end activity and month-end reporting.
• Contribute operational insight to policy and process development while ensuring formal Group approval and governance are maintained.

Skills

HR generalist

Payroll management

Employee relations

People management

HR systems & reporting

Stakeholder communication

Travel willingness

Education

CIPD qualification

Tools

Sage Payroll

Job description

Class One Traffic Management Limited is seeking an experienced HR & Payroll Manager to lead payroll and people functions from our Bonnybridge office, with travel to other locations as required.

You will manage a small team, provide strategic HR advice, and ensure payroll accuracy across Scotland and Northern Ireland, aligning with Group policies and governance. This is a hands-on, office-based role five days a week.