Our client, based in Central London is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to join their Finance & HR department on a permanent basis.
Duties include;
1. Manage end‑to‑end UK payroll processing (monthly/weekly), ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and full HMRCpliance.
2. Oversee Irish payrolls where required, ensuring alignment with statutory rules, taxation requirements and local reporting.
3. Confidently handleplex, multi‑entity or high‑volume payroll environments, ensuring strongernance and auditability.
4. Apply deep knowledge of UK payroll taxation and statutorypliance, including RTI submissions, FPS/EPS, HMRC liaison
5. Manage statutory obligations: PAYE, NIC, pensions (including auto‑enrolment, DB and pensions schemes for statutory payments, student loans, AEOs and all statutory deductions.
6. Maintain robust payroll controls, documentation and support continuous process improvement.
7. Administer pension contributions, monthly uploads, scheme queries and regulatorypliance.
8. Provide expert support onplex employee and manager payroll queries.
9. Managing a team with guidance, support, 1-2-1s and appraisals
10. Partner with internal and external stakeholders (software providers, auditors, HMRC, Finance, HR) to ensure smooth operations.
11. Support year‑end activities including statutory reporting and benefits submissions.
12. Assist with mandatory reporting, including Gender Pay Gap calculations and data preparation.
13. Prepare accurate payroll data to support budgeting, forecasting, reward reviews and organisational changes.
14. Contribute to systems work such as upgrades, integrations and workflow optimisation.
15. Lead, support and develop payroll team members, ensuring strong capability and service delivery.
You will have;
16. Strong expertise across UK and Irish payroll legislation, taxation and statutorypliance.
17. Proven ability to manageplex, high‑volume or multi‑entity payrolls with accuracy and control from start to finish.
18. Deep knowledge of payroll regulations and processes including RTI, FPS/EPS, P11Ds, P60s, audits and all HMRCpliance requirements.
19. Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret payroll data, spot anomalies and support reporting needs.
20. Confident in managing year‑end processes, statutory returns and regulatory obligations.
21. Strong stakeholder management skills, able to work effectively with Finance, HR, auditors, HMRC and external providers.
If you have all of the above and seeking a new challenge, then please apply now
#4782482 - Sarah Bonner