Senior EU Payroll & Mobility Specialist

Portfolio Payroll Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Portfolio Payroll Limited is seeking a HR/Payroll Senior Specialist based in Central London. You will report to the HR/Payroll Manager and collaborate with EU HR teams across markets on payroll, mobility, and immigration.

You will partner with EU HR and Payroll colleagues to ensure operational excellence in standard payroll activities, including expat payroll, governance, audits, and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Payroll management experience in high-volume environments (1000+ employees).
• Strong knowledge of payroll taxation principles and expat rules.
• Experience working with expats, global mobility, and tax advisors.
• Fluent English communication skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and discretion.

Responsibilities

• Support EU markets to lead end-to-end payroll process as part of the payroll chain.
• Collaborate with EU markets Payroll Partners and HR Managers.
• Execute controls of payroll files throughout the payroll cycle.
• Manage payroll for expats, coordinating with tax advisor and mobility partners.
• Validate and approve payroll data as part of the payroll chain.
• Manage salary payments, taxes, social security and other payroll payments for EU markets.
• Prepare month-end and quarterly payroll reports for Finance.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve payroll issues.
• Lead payroll, mobility and immigration governance, audits and continuous improvement.
• Provide strategic input into EU level policies, systems and tools.
• Manage immigration process for expats in EU markets.

Skills

Payroll management

Global mobility

Expat rules

Excel

HRIS/Workday

Stakeholder management

Confidentiality

Planning

English communication

Tools

Workday

Work Force System

Job description

Portfolio Payroll Limited is seeking a HR/Payroll Senior Specialist based in Central London. You will report to the HR/Payroll Manager and collaborate with EU HR teams across markets on payroll, mobility, and immigration.

You will partner with EU HR and Payroll colleagues to ensure operational excellence in standard payroll activities, including expat payroll, governance, audits, and process improvements.