Systems Payroll Consultant

Harvey Nash IT Recruitment UK; Blackfordby; Hybrid; GBP 74,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey Nash IT Recruitment UK is seeking a experienced Systems Payroll Consultant for a 6-month contract in Ashby. The role involves reviewing payroll processes and systems, identifying opportunities to streamline efficiency, and providing practical recommendations.

Initial focus includes variable pay, shift allowances, overtime and related payroll processes; approximately 80 new starters per month are processed.

Qualifications

• Experience improving payroll processes and systems.
• Experience with data flows between payroll and HR systems.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Knowledge of variable pay, overtime, shift allowances.

Responsibilities

• Audit current system integrations and data sharing.
• Review payroll landscape, systems and processes.
• Identify integration issues and streamlining opportunities.
• Troubleshoot system issues and identify root causes.
• Review HRSS and Payroll responsibilities split.
• Review new starter process and speed up processing (~80 starters/month).
• Investigate Worklinq issue and root cause.
• Review full employee life cycle (starters, leavers, changes).
• Review processes around variable pay and related payments.

Skills

Payroll processes

Systems integrations

Troubleshooting

Variable pay & allowances

Employee life cycle

HRSS & Payroll coordination

Tools

Worklinq

Job description

Systems Payroll Consultant 6-Month Contract | Outside IR35 | 1-2 Days per Week in Ashby

We are looking for an experienced Systems Payroll Consultant to join us on a 6-month contract. The role will be based in Ashby, with 1-2 days per week on site.

The successful consultant will review our current payroll processes and systems, identify opportunities to streamline and improve efficiency, and provide practical recommendations.

The initial focus will be on variable pay, shift allowances, overtime and related payroll processes. The exact number of colleagues and sites impacted is still being established.

Key Responsibilities

• Audit current system integrations and understand how our systems interact and share data.


• Review our current payroll landscape, systems and processes.


• Identify integration issues, system limitations and opportunities to streamline processes.


• Troubleshoot existing system issues and identify root causes where possible.


• Review the split of responsibilities and processes between HRSS and Payroll.


• Review the new starter process, identifying opportunities to speed up processing and reduce manual intervention. We currently process approximately 80 new starters per month, although this varies.


• Investigate a current issue within Worklinq where functionality is not working as expected and the root cause is currently unknown.


• Review the full employee life cycle, including starters, leavers, job changes and pay increases.


• Review processes around variable pay, shift allowances, overtime and other payments.

About You

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Systems Consultant with a strong understanding of payroll processes, systems and integrations.

You should have experience in:

• Payroll process and systems improvement


• System integrations and data flows


• Troubleshooting and root-cause analysis


• Variable pay, overtime and shift allowances


• Employee life cycle processes


• Working across HRSS and Payroll

The ability to work independently, analyse complex processes and provide clear, practical recommendations is essential.

Contract: 6 months
IR35: Outside IR35
Location: Ashby
On-site: 1-2 days per week