Senior Payroll Advisor

Lockton; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance and risk management firm is seeking a Senior Payroll Advisor to join their team in Greater London. This role involves managing the end-to-end processing of multiple UK payrolls and collaborating with various stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in payroll processing, strong leadership skills, and the ability to maintain accuracy under pressure. A hybrid working schedule is offered, requiring office attendance three days a week, while also running payroll functions outside regular hours.

Qualifications

• Proficient in payroll processing, data entry, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Experience overseeing team members in a busy payroll environment.
• Prepared to work hybrid with office attendance 3 days a week.
• Experience leading and coordinating team members to deliver on time.
• Experience overseeing payroll activities in a busy environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage accurate end-to-end processing of 3 UK payrolls.
• Support overseas payroll processing and approvals.
• Coordinate with various HR and finance teams.
• Support overseas payroll BAU processing and approvals.
• Collaborate to harmonise payroll processes and documentation across Europe.
• Maintain and develop payroll statistics.
• Coordinate with HRBP, Admins, HR Ops, Finance, People Solutions and Reward teams.

Skills

Leadership and task assignment

Organised and detail-oriented

Experience in payroll processing

Ability to meet deadlines

Customer service orientation

Excellent time management

Team oversight

Tools

Zellis Resource Link

Job description

Senior Payroll Advisor

Join Lockton as a Senior Payroll Advisor supporting the Senior Payroll and Benefits Manager and working with key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work with 2 senior payroll advisors to manage the accurate and timely end-to-end processing of 3 UK payrolls.
• Handle BAU benefit activity for a headcount of approximately 2,400.
• Act as backup to the Senior Manager, including audit activity.
• Support overseas payroll BAU processing and approvals.
• Collaborate with colleagues to harmonise payroll processes and documentation across Europe.
• Maintain and develop payroll statistics.
• Coordinate with HR Business Partners, Admins, HR Ops team, Finance, People Solutions, and Reward Team.

Qualifications

• Able to lead and assign tasks, requesting updates from team members.
• Organised and focused on delivering consistent quality and accuracy.
• Experience in payroll processing, data entry, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise effectively.
• Prerequisites:
• Experienced in-house payroller in a busy payroll environment.
• Experience overseeing team members and ensuring delivery of work.
• Hybrid schedule: prepared to attend the office 3 days per week.
• Prepared to run payroll system functions outside of hours (before 8am or after 6pm) on working-from-home days where users are out of the system.

Other information

• Payroll systems: Zellis Resource Link; outsourced providers.
• PayE payroll (~2,200) and 2 LLP (non‑PAYE) payrolls: Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Malta via local bureau.

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