About the Role
We're looking for an experienced UK Payroll Team Leader to join our Group HR function and take responsibility for delivering an accurate, compliant, and high-quality payroll service for approximately 2,000 UK employees.
As a key member of the People Services team, you'll lead and develop a small payroll team, oversee monthly and annual payroll activities, manage stakeholder relationships, and drive continuous improvement across payroll processes. This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll professional who combines strong technical expertise with people leadership and a passion for service excellence. You'll have the chance to influence payroll operations, deliver meaningful improvements, and work closely with stakeholders across HR, Finance, suppliers and external bodies.
Key responsibilities:
- Ensuring all UK payroll activities are delivered accurately, on time, and in line with legislation and company policies.
- Leading, coaching and developing the payroll team.
- Managing the end-to-end monthly payroll process for approximately 2,000 UK employees.
- Overseeing annual payroll activities, including tax year-end processes and payroll scheduling.
- Acting as the escalation point for complex payroll queries and issues.
- Managing relationships with HMRC, payroll suppliers and key internal stakeholders.
- Supporting audits and ensuring payroll controls and compliance requirements are met.
- Partnering with Finance to provide payroll reporting, costing information and statutory returns.
- Maintaining and improving payroll processes, standard operating procedures and business continuity plans.
- Leading payroll-related projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensuring accurate processing of deductions, third-party payments, family leave, sick pay and other payroll-related activities.
We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
