Recruiting now
| Posted: | 11/06/26 | |
| Recruiter: | Broster Buchanan | |
| Reference: | 3121086080 | |
| Type: | Permanent | |
| Salary: | £55,000 - £60,000 Annual | |
| Location: | Towcester, Northamptonshire | |
| Description: | The Role: We are pleased to be partnering with a high-growth, innovative organisation as they look to appoint a Payroll & Benefits Manager to join their People team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced payroll professional to take ownership of payroll, pensions and benefits administration, ensuring an accurate, compliant and efficient service across the business. Working closely with a managed payroll provider and key internal stakeholders, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in delivering an exceptional employee experience while driving continuous improvement across payroll and reward processes.Key Responsibilities: • Lead the end-to-end delivery of monthly UK payroll and benefits administration, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time. • Manage the relationship with the outsourced payroll provider, ensuring service excellence, compliance and operational efficiency. • Perform detailed payroll validation checks, including statutory payments, maternity pay, National Minimum Wage compliance and payroll reconciliations. • Ensure all payroll controls, governance procedures and audit requirements are completed accurately and within agreed deadlines. • Oversee payroll processing activities including new starters, leavers, salary changes, terminations and benefits administration. • Act as the escalation point for complex payroll and benefits queries, providing a professional and customer-focused service. • Administer pension schemes and auto-enrolment processes, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and effective employee communication. • Partner closely with Finance to support payroll accounting activities, journals, reconciliations and reporting requirements. • Identify and implement process improvements across payroll, pensions and benefits administration to enhance efficiency and employee experience.The Ideal Candidate: • CIPP qualified or possess equivalent payroll experience. • Proven experience managing end-to-end payroll within a complex, fast-paced organisation. • Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, statutory compliance and payroll best practice. • Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail and experience in payroll validation and reporting. • Sound understanding of pensions, salary sacrifice schemes and employee benefits administration. • Experience working with HR and payroll systems, ideally including cloud-based platforms. • Ability to identify process improvement opportunities and drive operational efficiencies. • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to handle confidential information with discretion. • Previous experience leading, mentoring or developing team members would be advantageous.What They Offer: • up to £60,000 base salary and discretionary bonus scheme. • 4 days in, 1 day from home • Private healthcare, pension and life assurance. • Employee benefits package including wellbeing initiatives, cycle-to-work scheme and additional lifestyle benefits. • Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.How To Apply: We want to hear from you if you're excited about this opportunity and believe you have the skills and experience to make a real impact. Apply now for further information. | |