Top Payroll Jobs in Manchester

Manage end-to-end delivery of multiple complex UK customer payrolls within a managed services bureau. Provide expert guidance on UK payroll legislation, statutory payments, pensions, benefits, share schemes, reconciliations, HMRC compliance, and year-end processing. Resolve complex payroll issues, build trusted customer relationships, analyze discrepancies, collaborate with internal teams, mentor colleagues, and contribute to documentation and continuous improvement.

Lead and develop a remote UK Managed Services payroll team, ensuring accurate, compliant, on-time payroll delivery. Manage operational performance against KPIs/SLAs, resolve complex payroll escalations, coach and develop staff, maintain governance and controls, identify and implement process improvements, and partner with cross-functional teams to scale the service.

Process weekly, fortnightly, and monthly payrolls for multi-site employee groups; reconcile timesheets, pensions, expenses, bonuses, and payroll reports; complete RTI, P11D, and year-end reporting; maintain audit-ready records; support payroll system implementations; ensure UK legislative compliance; provide employee payroll support; and collaborate with HR, Finance, IT, and site teams.

Manage end-to-end weekly, fortnightly and monthly payrolls for site and office teams, handle RTI and P11D submissions, pension reconciliation, timesheet and expense processing, payroll reporting and reconciliations, support payroll system rollouts and data migration, ensure UK payroll compliance, and provide payroll advice to employees while collaborating with HR, Finance, IT and site managers.

Produce accurate, timely payroll reporting and analysis across headcount, pay variances, overtime, absence and pensions. Validate and reconcile payroll and HR data, support audits, year-end activity and RTI submissions, and improve reporting through automation and clearer documentation while collaborating with Payroll, HR, Finance and Compliance.

Lead global payroll strategy and a multi-year transformation to standardize, automate and consolidate vendors. Build and manage a global payroll team, own payroll operations, governance, controls and compliance across multiple jurisdictions, drive Workday integration and automation, manage stakeholder relationships, and act as senior escalation for payroll risks and audits.

Process up to five weekly and monthly payrolls across Group companies, ensuring accurate and timely HMRC RTI submissions. Prepare payroll reports, respond to employee tax and National Insurance queries, audit payroll data for compliance, maintain confidentiality, and help improve payroll processes and procedures. The role works 22.5 hours weekly from Monday to Wednesday and involves supporting subsidiary business units with different operational practices.

Process up to five weekly and monthly payrolls across group companies, ensuring accurate and timely HMRC RTI submissions. Prepare payroll reports, support payment deadlines, respond to employee tax and National Insurance queries, audit payroll data for compliance, maintain confidentiality, and help improve payroll processes and procedures.

Lead post-deployment Workday Compensation and Advanced Compensation implementations: configure and optimize Workday, advise clients, manage delivery, lead functional workstreams, mentor juniors, and support continuous improvement across consulting and application management services.

Coordinate group payroll processes across UK and rest-of-world, liaise with Global Mobility, P&C and outsourced providers, handle payroll queries and calculations, prepare journals for Oracle, update payroll procedures, and support meetings and implementation.

Process accurate and timely payroll, maintain timesheet and employee records, prepare payroll journals, perform reconciliations and reporting, investigate discrepancies, and respond to payroll queries. The role also supports confidential payroll administration, cross-team coordination with HR and Finance, and weekly payroll coverage while developing payroll expertise.

Process payroll for ~55,000 colleagues using Oracle Fusion, handling starters, leavers, absences and ad-hoc payments. Perform manual calculations, check control reports for compliance, meet tight deadlines, and identify continuous improvement opportunities.

Lead and modernize global payroll operations and equity administration (Shareworks). Manage a small team, drive HRIS integrations and automation, strengthen payroll controls and compliance, partner with HR Tech/IT/Finance, and resolve complex tax and market-specific payroll issues.

Lead end-to-end UK payroll for 1,200+ colleagues across four entities, manage the HiBob relationship, maintain payroll controls and compliance, coach a Payroll Specialist, handle complex queries, collaborate with Finance and People & Culture, and drive continuous improvement and automation.

Lead end-to-end implementations of Workday Payroll for UK & Ireland, act as trusted advisor, gather requirements, configure solutions, support testing, deliver knowledge transfer, and provide post-production support while collaborating with cross-functional consulting teams.

Lead a global Product Strategy & Compliance function for payroll, translating multi-jurisdictional payroll, tax, employment, and labor rules into scalable product capabilities. Build and mentor a team, define governance and operating models, embed compliance-by-design with automation/AI, guide regulatory intelligence and market readiness, and advise senior stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Legal, and Operations.

Lead end-to-end payroll for 1,000 employees across 15 EMEA countries, manage outsourced provider ADP Celergo, ensure compliance with local legislation, resolve payroll queries via Jira, drive controls and process improvements, support reconciliations, and coach a payroll team while partnering with Finance and People stakeholders.

This role involves providing legal counsel for product compliance, specifically for HRIS and AI products, while managing cross-jurisdictional legal issues and relationships with external counsel.

Process end-to-end payroll, maintain accurate payroll and T&A data, produce payslips, review exceptions, manage statutory deductions and pensions, assist BACS payments, liaise with HMRC, respond to employee payroll queries, and support payroll projects and improvements.

Part-time role supporting payroll processing and payroll month-end activities, maintaining accurate HR systems and data, liaising with third parties for compliance, providing administrative, analytical and inbox support to the HR team, and assisting projects and initiatives.

Lead global payroll strategy, governance, and delivery across multiple countries. Oversee payroll systems, vendors, compliance, controls, and transformation projects. Partner with People, Finance, Legal, and Tax to manage risk, support organizational change, and ensure timely, accurate payroll. Build a high-performing, geographically dispersed team and drive standardization, automation, and scalable payroll operations.

Serve as the SAP UK Payroll functional expert, analysing UK legislative changes, designing functional solutions, configuring SAP HCM Payroll, producing functional specifications, validating and testing payroll deliverables, and advising Public Sector customers. Work with development and QA teams in Agile delivery, mentor colleagues on payroll testing, and support complex payroll scenarios including RTI, multiple employment, sequencing, and backdated pay awards.

Leads complex Oracle HCM payroll implementations, designing end-to-end UK payroll solutions and integrating HCM modules. Mentors consultants, facilitates business process architecture workshops, supports testing and Payroll Preview Report processes, advises clients, tracks Oracle releases, collaborates with delivery teams, and contributes to pre-sales demonstrations and proposals.

Drive new business acquisition and partnerships in the global payroll/EOR segment. Lead complex enterprise, multi-product cross-border sales, build and maintain a qualified pipeline, mentor junior sales staff, develop go-to-market strategy, collaborate cross-functionally, resolve commercial/technical issues, and educate stakeholders on product suite and APIs.

Manage accurate, timely payroll processing for European countries, ensuring compliance with local labor and tax laws. Validate timecards, audit payroll registers, resolve discrepancies, support T&A training, create SOPs, implement payroll policies, and lead process improvement projects while partnering with stakeholders to address payroll inquiries.