Workday Payroll Advisor - 6 Months FTC

Genuit Group plc; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading payroll services company in Doncaster is seeking a Project Payroll Advisor to ensure the accuracy and compliance of payroll processes. The successful candidate will provide high-quality payroll services, support payroll transitions, and train the team in updated processes. The role requires experience in payroll legislation and Workday Payroll, along with strong communication and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Relevant Payroll qualification is essential, ideally CIPP qualified or relevant experience.
• Passion for payroll controls and governance.
• Good organisational awareness and effective problem-solving.
• Excellent communicator with ability to build relationships.
• Excellent IT skills and analytical ability.
• Experience of supporting on Payroll Transition.
• Payroll Project Management experience.
• Proven expertise in payroll reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality end to end payroll service accurately and timely.
• Support Payroll department through transition and alignment.
• Liaise with sites to identify pain points and provide resolutions.
• Create process documentation in collaboration with payroll team.
• Train payroll team on new processes.
• Support testing and parallel runs.

Skills

Payroll qualification

Understanding of UK payroll legislation

Problem-solving skills

Excellent communication

IT and analytical skills

Team player

Experience with Workday Payroll

Payroll project management

Payroll reconciliations expertise

Payroll system migration experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

As a Project Payroll Advisor, you ll play a key role in ensuring every detail of our payroll process is accurate, compliant, and delivered on time. You ll be part of a collaborative team that values precision, customer service, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality end to end payroll service to the business in an accurate and timely manner

• Support Payroll department through Payroll Transition and Group Alignment, supporting project and change activities when required

• liaise with sites to fact find and identify pain points, working on resolutions, automating and streamlining processes where possible

• create process documentation in collaboration with the payroll team and business analyst

• creation of SOP s, in conjunction with the BAU payroll team

• training the payroll team on new ways of working & updated processes

• support testing and parallel runs

Capabilities

• Relevant Payroll qualification is essential, ideally CIPP qualified or relevant experience

• Subject matter expert in relation to current UK payroll and pension legislation with a passion for payroll controls and governance

• Good organisational awareness and an effective approach to problem solving

• Excellent communicator with the ability to build constructive and collaborative working relationships

• Excellent level of IT skills and analytical ability - including Excel

• Team player with the ability to work under pressure with a focus on attention to detail

• Experience of supporting on Payroll Transition

• Experience of Workday Payroll

• Payroll Project Management experience

• Proven expertise in payroll reconciliations

• Experience in payroll system migration