Payroll Manager jobs in United Kingdom

Payroll Manager – HR Leadership Team
Location: Cardiff, South Wales
Contract: 30th April 2025 – 30th July 2025 (13 Weeks)
Hours: 37 hours/week, Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Pay: Competitive hourly rate + agency support benefits

Are you an experienced Payroll Manager ready to lead a team and drive efficiency in Cardiff? Join Network Recruitment Wales – NRW People as a Payroll Manager and ensure seamless payroll delivery over a 13-week contract. Earn a competitive rate, shape a modern payroll service, and make a strategic impact—all with the backing of a leading Welsh agency.

1. Lead with Impact: Oversee a payroll team, ensuring accurate and timely payments while meeting strict deadlines.
2. Strategic Growth: Drive continuous improvement, modernize processes, and explore automation for a cutting-edge payroll service.
3. Collaborative Environment: Work closely with HR, finance, and pension teams, contributing as a key member of the HR leadership team.
4. Welsh Pride: Support a vital function in Cardiff with an agency committed to local communities.

1. Lead and manage a payroll team, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time in line with legislation and conditions of service.
2. Provide strategic oversight, seeking ways to improve efficiency, modernize the payroll service, and implement new systems or procedures.
3. Act as the subject matter expert on complex pay areas like multiple employment, maternity, sickness, pensions, and payments to leavers.
4. Collaborate with HR to onboard new employees, manage pension auto-enrolment, and lead payroll audits and reporting.
5. Resolve escalated issues, handle sensitive enquiries (e.g., FOI, DWP, fraud cases), and contribute to payroll-related projects.

1. Skills: Strong leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with expertise in payroll systems and legislation.
2. Qualities: Strategic thinker, detail-oriented, and able to handle sensitive conversations with professionalism.
3. Experience: Proven experience as a Payroll Manager, with a track record of leading teams and improving payroll processes.
4. Requirements: Confident using IT packages; ability to travel to various locations in Cardiff as needed; eligibility to work in the UK.
5. Bonus Points: Experience with pension auto-enrolment, payroll audits, or HR project teams; Welsh language skills (or willingness to learn basic greetings).

1. Local Expertise: We know Wales inside out, placing you in roles that matter.
2. Seamless Support: From start to finish, we’ve got you covered with top-notch agency care.
3. Great Rates: Earn a competitive hourly rate with the flexibility of a 13-week contract and additional support benefits.

Ready to Apply? This 13-week contract starts 30th April 2025, offering 37 hours/week (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM) in a role that drives payroll excellence in Cardiff. If you’re ready to lead a team and make a strategic impact, send your CV to us but act fast, applications close soon!