UK Payroll Implementation Lead

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ernst & Young is seeking an Implementation Manager to drive UK payroll implementations and onboard new clients to EY’s Payroll Operate solution. The role supports multiple UK hubs and offers UK-wide mobility for the right candidate.

You’ll manage end-to-end delivery, coordinate data migration, and document payroll functionality while collaborating with service delivery and client teams to ensure timely, high-quality implementations.

Qualifications

• Over 5 years’ relevant hands-on UK Payroll knowledge.
• Payroll qualifications e.g., Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) (preferred).
• Experience of payroll implementations in a high-volume business is essential.
• Expertise in understanding payroll compliance, rules, and legislations.
• Knowledge and hands on experience in Statutory payments/deductions and Pension contributions and their management
• Thorough understanding of upstream and downstream processes that impact Payroll
• Good understanding of payroll compliance including AE, RTI, Apprenticeship Levy
• iTrent experience preferred, but not essential
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Good workload management skills and an ability to work to deadlines

Responsibilities

• Interact with clients to understand their Payroll needs and develop requirements to ensure that the implementations are completed on time and to the highest quality
• Establish the plan and manage delivery of the client implementation project to ensure target dates are met
• Co-ordinate data migration, parallel and first live runs with the client and the relevant internal teams
• Ability to accurately document proposed payroll functionality and draft client procedures
• Work with the service delivery team to ensure smooth handover to the business-as-usual team
• Developing and advising on bespoke financial reports, such as general ledger reports
• Understanding of and complying with Quality and Risk requirements for professional service firms
• Supporting and developing more junior members of the team
• Preparing fee and budget details
• Identify, manage, resolve, and mitigate key risks and issues impacting the client delivery, and acting as a point of escalation when needed

Skills

UK Payroll

Project management

Client engagement

Quality & risk

Mentoring

Education

CIPP

Tools

iTrent

Job description

Ernst & Young is seeking an Implementation Manager to drive UK payroll implementations and onboard new clients to EY’s Payroll Operate solution. The role supports multiple UK hubs and offers UK-wide mobility for the right candidate.

You’ll manage end-to-end delivery, coordinate data migration, and document payroll functionality while collaborating with service delivery and client teams to ensure timely, high-quality implementations.