Senior Payroll Specialist — Client-Facing, Hybrid

JGA Recruitment Group | B Corp™; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

JGA Recruitment Group is working with an established professional services business to appoint a Senior Payroll Administrator to join its growing payroll team. This client-facing role manages your own portfolio of clients, delivering payroll from start to finish and offering payroll advice during onboarding and ongoing support.

You will work in a hybrid pattern (3 days in the office, 2 days from home) with 9:00–17:30 hours, handling end-to-end payroll, RTI submissions, auto-enrolment, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of payroll experience in a practice environment.
• Experience managing your own portfolio of client payrolls.
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payrolls for a portfolio of clients with accuracy.
• Process starters, leavers, statutory payments and variable pay.
• Submit RTI and ensure payroll compliance.
• Oversee auto-enrolment and pension processes across schemes.
• Be the main contact for client payroll queries and provide practical advice.
• Attend client meetings and build long-term relationships.
• Support onboarding of new clients and transition payroll data.
• Advise on salary sacrifice, NI, benefits in kind and related payroll laws.

Skills

Payroll experience

Practice payroll

Client management

UK payroll legislation

BrightPay experience

Tools

BrightPay

Payroll software

Job description

JGA Recruitment Group is working with an established professional services business to appoint a Senior Payroll Administrator to join its growing payroll team. This client-facing role manages your own portfolio of clients, delivering payroll from start to finish and offering payroll advice during onboarding and ongoing support.

You will work in a hybrid pattern (3 days in the office, 2 days from home) with 9:00–17:30 hours, handling end-to-end payroll, RTI submissions, auto-enrolment, and