Senior Payroll Advisor - Client Advisory & Compliance

Broadgate; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Broadgate is seeking an experienced payroll professional in Glasgow to join the Enterprise payroll team at an advisory level. The role involves direct client advisory on payroll and compliance matters, complex payroll processing, and mentoring junior colleagues while managing multiple client portfolios.

You will stay current with payroll legislation, review payment runs, contribute to audits, and help implement process improvements.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years' payroll experience, ideally in a client-facing/advisory role
• Experience managing a client portfolio to tight deadlines
• Experience supervising or mentoring junior staff (beneficial)
• Technical compliance/advisory experience (beneficial)
• Confidence with Microsoft Office and payroll software

Responsibilities

• Advising clients directly on payroll and compliance matters
• Processing and reviewing complex payrolls, researching solutions to technical issues
• Managing workflow and delegating across the team, supporting junior colleagues day-to-day
• Reviewing junior colleagues' work and giving feedback that actually helps them grow
• Building genuine client relationships and spotting where the firm can add more value
• Staying up to date on payroll legislation changes and helping implement process updates
• Reviewing payment runs, contributing to monthly control/audit reviews, and testing software updates

Skills

Payroll advisory

Client relationship management

Mentoring

Payroll software

Microsoft Office

Education

Higher/Advanced Level (A-Level) or equivalent

Tools

Payroll software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Broadgate is seeking an experienced payroll professional in Glasgow to join the Enterprise payroll team at an advisory level. The role involves direct client advisory on payroll and compliance matters, complex payroll processing, and mentoring junior colleagues while managing multiple client portfolios.

You will stay current with payroll legislation, review payment runs, contribute to audits, and help implement process improvements.