UK Payroll Operations Specialist (Hiring Immediately)

JR United Kingdom; Northampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector is seeking a UK Payroll Operations Specialist in Northampton. This role involves managing payroll functions, ensuring compliance, and supporting a team in a dynamic environment. Ideal candidates will have extensive payroll experience and strong leadership skills to drive process improvements and maintain high standards.

Qualifications

• Extensive payroll administration and support experience at an expert level.
• Proven success in driving process and procedural change initiatives.
• Ability to influence and negotiate at senior management levels.

Responsibilities

• Managing payroll functions, including calculating employee pay and maintaining records.
• Ensuring statutory filings and compliance with regulations.
• Leading and supporting a team, driving continuous improvement.

Skills

Payroll administration

Decision-making

Influencing

Process improvement

Job description

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UK Payroll Operations Specialist (Hiring Immediately), Northampton

Client: Barclays Bank PLC

Location: Northampton, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 1

Posted: 23.05.2025

Expiry Date: 07.07.2025

Job Description:

This role supports senior team members in managing UK and Crown Dependency payrolls, leading the transition of Crown Dependency payroll to the EME team. Responsibilities include managing post-payroll activities, ensuring accurate and timely payments and submissions to HMRC and vendors, and collaborating with the Control team for efficient monthly processes. The role also involves reviewing working instructions, the governance calendar, and ensuring timely HMRC returns.

Key tasks include overseeing monthly post-payroll activities, providing support and guidance, implementing operational governance, ensuring team readiness for change, driving development, and maintaining compliance with legislative and policy requirements. Collaboration with Continuous Improvement and Change Teams and contributing to projects are also essential.

To be successful as a Payroll Specialist, you must have experience with:

• Extensive payroll administration and support experience at an expert level.
• Decision-making that considers policy, legislation, operational performance, and team deliverables.
• Influencing and negotiating at senior management levels.
• Proven success in driving process and procedural change initiatives from conception to implementation.

You may be assessed on key skills such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as technical job-specific skills.

Contract: 12 Months Full Time - Northampton

Purpose of the role

To manage payroll functions, including calculating employee pay, withholding taxes, deductions, and maintaining accurate payroll records.

Accountabilities

• Processing payroll for various employee types, calculating taxes, contributions, and payments.
• Managing employee payroll records and troubleshooting issues.
• Providing guidance on payroll matters, including salary calculations, overtime, bonuses, and commissions.
• Ensuring statutory filings and compliance, including responding to government notices.
• Handling payroll statutory reporting and liaising with tax authorities.
• Performing activities timely and maintaining high standards, driving continuous improvement.
• Applying technical knowledge and expertise in payroll.
• Leading and supporting a team, guiding professional development, and coordinating resources.
• Demonstrating leadership behaviors to foster a thriving environment, or developing technical expertise as an individual contributor.
• Impacting related teams and partnering across functions.
• Taking responsibility for operational results, escalating breaches, and embedding new policies.
• Advising and influencing decisions within the area of expertise.
• Managing risks and controls, ensuring compliance with rules and regulations.
• Understanding how the sub-function integrates with the broader organization and contributing to its objectives.
• Making evaluative judgments, problem-solving, and communicating effectively with stakeholders.

All colleagues are expected to embody Barclays' values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as demonstrate the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive.