Senior Payroll Lead - UK & Intl Compliance | Hybrid

Aspire Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspire Recruitment is seeking a Payroll Manager / Payroll Lead for a hybrid role in Manchester. The position oversees payroll processing, statutory returns, reconciliations, and year-end activities while ensuring UK compliance and supporting international payroll.

You will act as a lead on complex queries and coach payroll colleagues in a large, complex organisation. The role demands strong UK payroll knowledge, experience in high-volume environments, and familiarity with Oracle or similar

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, PAYE, NI and HMRC requirements.
• Experience in busy, high-volume payroll environments with accurate processing.
• Experience coordinating day-to-day payroll operations and leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing accurate and timely payroll processing.
• Managing statutory returns, reconciliations and year-end processes.
• Escalation point for complex payroll queries and HMRC compliance.
• Ensuring international payroll compliance and producing payroll MI/KPIs.
• Coaching and developing payroll colleagues and collaborating with HR/Finance IT.

Skills

UK payroll legislation

PAYE

National Insurance

HMRC requirements

Autonomy under deadlines

Payroll systems (Oracle)

International payroll exposure

Leadership

Tools

Oracle

Job description

Aspire Recruitment is seeking a Payroll Manager / Payroll Lead for a hybrid role in Manchester. The position oversees payroll processing, statutory returns, reconciliations, and year-end activities while ensuring UK compliance and supporting international payroll.

You will act as a lead on complex queries and coach payroll colleagues in a large, complex organisation. The role demands strong UK payroll knowledge, experience in high-volume environments, and familiarity with Oracle or similar