Top Payroll Jobs in Manchester

Manage end-to-end delivery of multiple complex UK payrolls within a bureau, ensuring accuracy and HMRC compliance. Act as payroll SME advising on legislation, statutory payments, pensions, benefits, share schemes and reconciliations. Analyse outputs, resolve discrepancies, collaborate cross-functionally, mentor colleagues, and contribute to documentation and continuous improvement.

Own strategy, roadmap, and delivery for the Time Off product within the Payroll Ecosystem. Collaborate with Engineering, Design, Customer Success, Sales, and customers to translate complex compliance and payroll requirements into scalable, enterprise-ready solutions. Drive discovery, prioritization, launch, and adoption using qualitative and quantitative insights while ensuring configurability, performance, and usability across global markets.

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.

Provide functional expertise for HR and Payroll Oracle systems: resolve Level 2 incidents, implement configuration changes, support quarterly releases, perform regression and UAT testing, maintain data integrity and documentation, deliver end-user training, and identify process and system improvements across HR modules.

Provide specialist technical leadership for pension payroll delivery, ensuring accurate, compliant payment runs and statutory reporting. Develop controls, checking procedures and audit-ready records; act as SME for complex payroll scenarios; manage HMRC queries and submissions; mentor and upskill the payroll team to improve processes and service quality.

Lead design, build, test and maintain Oracle HR/Payroll configuration; manage workflows and monthly payroll production; ensure compliance with HMRC, pensions and Local Government terms; resolve complex issues, analyse performance data, collaborate with stakeholders, and drive system transitions and continuous improvements to enhance customer experience.

Process end-to-end payroll for employees, maintain accurate payroll data (starters/leavers/pay changes), record and validate time and absence data, produce payslips, investigate discrepancies, manage statutory deductions and liaise with HMRC, support pension auto-enrolment and BACS payments, respond to employee payroll queries, and assist with payroll projects and continuous improvement.

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 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.

Lead creation and growth of Namos' Oracle Payroll Bureau managed services across the UK and Ireland. Own strategy, P&L, service delivery, client success, recruitment and scaling of high-performing teams. Drive operational excellence, compliance with UK payroll legislation (HMRC, RTI), pension administration, payments controls, data security, and business continuity while developing recurring revenue payroll offerings.

Oversee end-to-end payroll operations, manage payroll supervisors and clerks, ensure statutory compliance, calculate pay and deductions (including pensions and BIK), prepare reports, resolve discrepancies, coordinate with HR/Finance/treasury, support audits, recommend system improvements, and develop payroll policies.

The Payroll Accountant oversees payroll processing, maintains salary records, manages cash floats, and ensures adherence to financial controls. They support HR and comply with policies while providing assistance and training to crew members.

The Payroll Analyst ensures accurate payroll processing, compliance, and support for payroll operations, audits, and stakeholder inquiries while leading process improvements.

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.

Own and manage global payroll operations across 12+ countries: coordinate third-party payroll providers and EORs, run monthly/bi-monthly payroll cycles, ensure accurate payments, taxes and benefits, record journals and reconcile payroll accounts, partner with Treasury and People, resolve employee payroll queries, and drive process improvements.

The Payroll & Pensions Manager will lead integration projects for newly acquired businesses in payroll and pensions, focusing on data integrity, compliance, and stakeholder management.

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 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.

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.

Support day-to-day administration of UK and EU employee benefits (pensions, healthcare, life assurance), maintain HR/payroll records, process enrollments and leavers, respond to employee queries, assist onboarding, audits, reporting, compliance (e.g., auto-enrolment, HMRC), and support benefits renewal and market research.

Manage payroll accounting for ADI-EMEA Streamline payrolls including GL journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, month-end close, fringe accounting, payroll cash forecasting, and support international payroll with ad hoc reporting and audits.

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.

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.

Lead Oracle Cloud Payroll implementations for UK clients, advising on pensions, RTI and auto-enrolment. Deliver configuration (Fast Formula, elements, calculation cards), guide project teams, support pre-sales demos, create thought-leadership content, and assist with data migration and payroll parallel runs.