Top Payroll Jobs in London

Lead and manage global payroll operations and systems, ensuring accurate payroll processing, compliance, reconciliations, and reporting. Drive payroll system implementations and automations, resolve employee payroll queries, partner with HR, Legal and Finance on entity setups and international expansion, and develop payroll process documentation and improvements.

Own end-to-end payroll operations for Asia and Europe: validate payrolls, ensure compliance, manage vendor relationships (CloudPay), advise on legislative changes, partner cross-functionally, drive process improvements, and hire and lead a payroll team.

Lead payroll implementation and expansion projects across new and existing markets. Manage day-to-day project delivery, vendor relationships (CloudPay, Deel, Workday), stakeholder communication, timelines, go-live handovers, and hyper-care escalation while aligning payroll delivery with Reward, Finance, Legal, People Operations and regional leadership.

Lead and build the finance function: manage external bookkeeping, own month-end close and statutory compliance, design and integrate the finance systems stack (Xero, CRM, payroll), implement spend controls and SOPs, deliver management and board reporting, run cash flow forecasting, and create multi-year financial models to support Series B and project finance.

Support payroll processing and administration for EMEA and APAC: collect and validate payroll inputs, liaise with local vendors, reconcile payroll reports, resolve discrepancies, handle employee inquiries, support year-end filings, and improve payroll processes while ensuring compliance and data privacy.

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.

Coordinate UK/EU labor cost analysis, ensure overseas compensation and benefits comply with local laws, operate C&B and vacation policies, manage external HR vendors, and support cross-functional HR projects and optimization.

Support global payroll operations across seven countries, ensuring timely payroll execution, statutory reporting, compliance, account reconciliation with finance, user account administration, and participation in payroll implementations and process improvements with external advisors and HR.

Process and oversee UK SAP payroll for multiple entities, manage payroll provider relationships, resolve payroll queries, produce BACS and statutory payments, post payroll journals to SAP GL, produce management and statutory reports, analyse variances, and support Payroll Manager as technical escalation point.

Manage multi-country payroll inputs and validations for EMEA/APAC, support employee lifecycle events, maintain HRIS workflows (e.g., Dayforce), resolve payroll discrepancies, liaise with vendors, and improve HR/payroll processes to ensure data accuracy and compliance.

Manage and prepare employee and payroll data for TUPE transfers, coordinate with internal payroll teams and external employers, produce workforce reports and MI, support consultations and communications, act as a key HR contact, and maintain project trackers to ensure accurate, compliant transfers.

Manage and support UK, EMEA, and international payroll operations, act as escalation point for payroll queries, validate HRIS-to-payroll integrations, assist global payroll software implementation, ensure statutory year-end filings and compliance, and standardize global payroll processes.

Support Payroll Manager with end-to-end payroll processing, data entry, validation, reconciliation, and maintenance of payroll records. Administer employee benefits, process enrolments and leavers, liaise with brokers, and provide ad-hoc HR administrative support across multiple regions while ensuring compliance with local legislation and internal controls.

Manage end-to-end payroll for ~500 employees across multiple countries, ensure compliance with payroll legislation, handle payroll queries, reconciliations, journal entries, expense reimbursements, and drive payroll process improvements and automation.

Lead and scale global payroll operations, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll across multiple countries. Build and develop a global payroll team, establish governance, manage vendor and EOR relationships, drive payroll technology strategy (Workday, iiPay, P&I Loga), oversee equity compensation payroll, ensure tax and statutory compliance, and deliver payroll reporting, metrics, and continual process improvements.

Manage UK and Germany benefits administration and coordinate monthly payroll inputs with external providers. Reconcile and audit payroll/benefits data, support pensions, respond to associate queries, manage vendor relationships, assist compliance and reporting, and drive process improvements.

Own end-to-end payroll processing for a portfolio of enterprise clients, act as primary client contact, ensure compliance with UK payroll legislation, monitor KPIs/SLAs, identify and implement process improvements (including AI), and collaborate across Implementation, Product, Customer Success and Support.

The Workday Senior UK Payroll Consultant will specialize in the Workday product suite, managing client requirements, and training junior consultants. Key responsibilities include configuration, testing, and relationship building with clients while ensuring excellent project delivery.

Manage end-to-end UK payroll for ~600+ employees and support EMEA payroll operations. Process manual payroll changes in ADP Celergo, handle pensions, benefits and RTI reporting, reconcile overtime via Excel VLOOKUPs, manage payroll inbox and ADP queries, ensure GDPR compliance, liaise with external consultants for shadow payroll, and support payslip/P60 digital queries.

Serve as Workday SME for payroll, compensation and benefits: define processes, configure Workday modules, analyse efficiencies, test and implement solutions, support stakeholders, and drive roadmap and improvements across payroll, reward and HR teams.

Own global payroll operations and equity administration across employees, EORs, and contractors. Run accurate payroll cycles, perform payroll-to-cash and payroll-to-ERP reconciliations, administer equity programs in Carta, maintain data consistency across HiBob, Carta, Deel, and ERP, and support audits and external advisors with accurate operational data.

Own end-to-end payroll for UK, ROI, Switzerland and the Netherlands, handling processing, joiners/leavers, statutory reporting, reconciliations, month-end analysis, payroll reporting, and stakeholder coordination to improve processes and compliance.

Manage day-to-day payroll across in-house, managed-service, and outsourced platforms for multiple countries. Ensure statutory compliance, execute monthly payroll approvals, reporting, payments and year-end tasks. Liaise with vendors, support audits, administer expatriate payroll, share plans and stock options, and drive payroll process improvements while maintaining data protection and governance.

Administer UK payroll and support a few international payrolls, ensuring accurate, timely processing, reconciliations, and statutory reporting. Manage pensions and employee benefits administration, provider coordination, enrolments, and queries. Liaise with external providers, support governance, audits, process improvements, and payroll/benefits projects while delivering high-quality employee service and stakeholder collaboration.