UK Payroll Specialist: Workday & Process Optimisation

Hunter Adams; Staines-upon-Thames; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Hunter Adams is recruiting an experienced Workday Payroll Specialist to own accurate UK payroll delivery across multiple sites. You will act as the payroll SME, managing end-to-end UK payroll with a focus on compliance, efficiency and data integrity within Workday, and collaborating with HR Operations and Finance.

You will drive reconciliation, year-end processes and support the move to a consolidated payroll service while maintaining strong relationships with external providers.

Qualifications

• Extensive end-to-end UK payroll experience (3–5 years).
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation and statutory requirements.
• Hands-on Workday payroll experience with HR data.
• Experience in payroll reconciliations, controls and audits.
• Analytical, detail-oriented and proactive with a process-driven mindset.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end UK payroll processing across multi-site organisation.
• Validate payroll outputs and complete reconciliations.
• Ensure compliance with HMRC, PAYE, NIC and pension requirements.
• Oversee year-end processes including P60s and P11Ds.
• Maintain payroll data and workflows within Workday.
• Support transition to consolidated managed payroll service.
• Manage relationships with external payroll providers.
• Resolve complex payroll queries and discrepancies.
• Identify opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency and automation.
• Support wider payroll and HR transformation initiatives.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

UK payroll compliance

Workday payroll

Payroll reconciliations

Audit controls

Analytical mindset

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Education

CIPP qualification (preferred or in progress)

Tools

Workday

Job description

Hunter Adams is recruiting an experienced Workday Payroll Specialist to own accurate UK payroll delivery across multiple sites. You will act as the payroll SME, managing end-to-end UK payroll with a focus on compliance, efficiency and data integrity within Workday, and collaborating with HR Operations and Finance.

You will drive reconciliation, year-end processes and support the move to a consolidated payroll service while maintaining strong relationships with external providers.