Job Description
Are you a senior payroll professional ready to take your career to the next level?
We are looking for an experienced and driven Payroll Director to join our growing team in the UK. This is an exciting opportunity to lead our payroll offering, work with a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple sectors, and play a key role in shaping and delivering high-quality payroll solutions in a dynamic, international organisation.
Why Join Us?
Cutting-Edge Technology: Work with advanced tools and solutions that set us apart from the competition, empowering you to deliver exceptional results.
Exciting Client Engagements: Collaborate with a diverse range of high-profile clients across various industries, tackling complex challenges that will broaden your expertise.
Culture of Innovation: Thrive in an environment that celebrates creativity and encourages you to bring your unique talents to the forefront.
Your Responsibilities
Leadership: Lead and oversee UK payroll operations and technology initiatives, ensuring efficient processes, seamless delivery and continuous improvement.
Strategic Client Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders, managing relationships and ensuring strategic alignment with client goals.
Alliance Relationship Management: Manage relationships with key Alliance partners in the UK, ensuring strong collaboration, service delivery and continued growth of these partnerships.
Operational Excellence: Oversee end-to-end UK payroll operations, ensuring accurate and timely processing, strong controls, and compliance with agreed KPIs and SLAs.
Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities and risk mitigation strategies to enhance efficiency, quality and the overall client experience.
Data Integrity: Oversee data validation, reconciliation and reporting processes to ensure the accuracy and integrity of UK payroll data and reporting.
Tailored Solutions: Manage client-specific payroll operations, cost tracking, and vendor turnaround times, ensuring customized solutions that meet unique client needs.
Compliance Expertise: Ensure payroll processes remain aligned with UK legislation and regulatory requirements, supporting year-end reporting, compensation summaries and other compliance activities.
Data-Driven Insights: Utilize data analytics to develop actionable insights that drive decision-making for mobility programs, empowering clients to make informed choices.
Mentorship and Development: Mentor and develop junior and managerial team members, fostering a culture of growth and collaboration.
Business Development Collaboration: Work closely with senior leadership to identify and pursue business development opportunities, expand our UK payroll offering and strengthen our position in the market.
What we are looking for
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in global payroll, mobility, or expatriate tax
- Proven senior-level experience in UK payroll, ideally within a consultancy or professional services environment
- Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, PAYE, pensions and payroll compliance
- Experience leading payroll operations and delivering high-quality solutions to clients
- Strong commercial awareness and the ability to build and manage senior client relationships
- Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, data analytics, and project management tools
Additional Information
This is a hybrid role. Location: UK
We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status.
Please note, AI is used as part of the application process.
Vialto Partners London, England Office
London, United Kingdom
