Title: Senior Payroll & Benefits Specialist Location: London Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 excellent benefits Working Structure: Hybrid JGA is partnering with a leading high growth business looking for an experienced and hands-on Senior Payroll Specialist to take full responsibility for UK payroll operations in a growing, multi-entity business. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in an autonomous environment, enjoys improving processes, takes ownership and is passionate about ensuring payroll accuracy and compliance at scale. What You’ll Do: Own and manage the full UK payroll cycle across multiple entities and pay frequencies Lead monthly processing, reconciliation, submissions, and year-end reporting Deliver internal reporting and insights to support Finance and Audit functions Support benefits schemes and liaise with third-party providers Ensure HMRC and pension compliance (auto-enrolment, P60s, P11Ds, etc.) Contribute to cross-functional operations projects and support scalable processes Drive continuous improvement around payroll systems, controls, and employee experience What You’ll Need: Proven experience running end-to-end UK payroll (in-house) Strong understanding of UK payroll and pension legislation Confidence working in a standalone capacity and liaising across People and Finance Experience with payroll & HRIS systems High attention to detail and strong Excel/reporting skills Exposure to benefits administration or interest in leading flexible benefits projects Interested? Contact Tom: tomv@jgarecruitment.com JGA are dedicated to delivering the best possible candidate experience. Due to the high volume of applications, we regret that we are not always able to respond to every individual applicant. If your application is shortlisted, a member of our team will be in touch. Thank you for your understanding. JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply. We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist Payroll and HR recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.