Senior Payroll Manager

Jobs via eFinancialCareers; Northampton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious financial institution is seeking a Senior Payroll Manager for a 12-month full-time contract in Northampton. This high-impact leadership role involves overseeing payroll operations, inspiring a team, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Candidates should possess extensive payroll experience and a CIPP Level 5 qualification.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in payroll operations, ideally within Financial Services.
• Demonstrated leadership experience with a strong ability to motivate teams.
• Experience managing large payrolls with significant compliance responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the UK Payroll, ensuring timeliness and compliance.
• Inspire and develop a team of payroll professionals.
• Oversee resolution of complex payroll issues and ensure adherence to policies.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Compliance

Payroll Operations

Education

Chartered Institute of Payroll and Pensions (CIPP) Level 5

Job description

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Meraki Talent are delighted to be supporting the appointment of a Senior Payroll Manager for a prestigious financial institution on a 12-month full-time contract based in Northampton. This is a high-impact leadership role managing a large-scale payroll operation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the UK Payroll, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and compliance with all applicable regulations and internal governance standards
• Inspire, coach, and develop a team of payroll professionals, ensuring a robust succession plan and a strong focus on team wellbeing and career progression
• Oversee the resolution of escalated and complex payroll issues, including risk events and service delivery exceptions
• Ensure full compliance with Barclays policies, controls, SLAs, and external legislation through effective management of all payroll operations
• Drive and deliver strategic change and process improvements affecting payroll systems and procedures, in collaboration with Transformation and Strategy teams
• Contribute to the execution of the Global Payroll strategy, ensuring UK payroll activities are fully aligned and integrated
• Establish and maintain productive relationships with senior stakeholders, both internally and externally
• Ensure risk mitigation, governance, and policy adherence in all aspects of payroll operation
• Deliver insightful analysis and reporting to support decision making and continuous improvement across the function
  
  
  

Candidate Profile

• Extensive experience in payroll operations, with strong technical knowledge and proven delivery in complex, large-scale environments, ideally within Financial Services
• Chartered Institute of Payroll and Pensions (CIPP) Level 5 qualification (or equivalent) highly desirable
• Demonstrated leadership experience with a strong ability to motivate, mentor, and develop teams
• Experience managing large payrolls with significant compliance and regulatory responsibility
• Strong decision-making ability with a focus on operational performance, policy adherence, and risk management
• Proven track record of leading transformational change across payroll processes and systems
• Excellent stakeholder management, with the ability to influence and negotiate at a senior level
• Confident in resolving sensitive, complex, and high-impact situations
  
  
  

If you or someone you know is interested in this role, reach out to Nick Nikitin:

Email: [e-mail]

Phone: [phone]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

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