Top Payroll Jobs in London

Manage strategic multinational payroll clients as the primary relationship contact. Coordinate payroll delivery across jurisdictions, oversee local payroll specialists, resolve client issues, provide UK payroll advisory guidance, lead governance and service reviews, identify regulatory and process improvement opportunities, and support payroll implementations and transitions.

Manage and reconcile monthly payrolls across EMEA countries, ensuring accurate data, legal and tax compliance, internal controls, payroll funding, statutory filings, and general ledger distribution. The role coordinates with HR Operations, ADP, internal stakeholders, and external partners; supports payroll queries, reporting, implementations, and payroll processes across diverse cultural and business environments.

Lead end-to-end global payroll expansion projects, managing plans, timelines, risks, vendors, readiness assessments, testing, go-live sign-off, stakeholder communications, and post-implementation support across new and existing markets.

Coordinate multinational payroll cycles, manage external payroll providers, validate and reconcile payroll data, ensure regulatory and process compliance, support audits, improve scalable payroll workflows, and collaborate with HR, Finance, vendors, and the Global Payroll Manager.

Manage international payroll operations for the UK, Spain, and expanding EU countries. Responsibilities include payroll processing, equity and ESPP taxation, garnishments, compliance audits, month-end close, year-end reporting, employee support, and coordination with People Operations, Finance, Legal, Tax, and external providers. The role also supports payroll system processes, financial statement audits, and continuous process improvements.

Administer Polish and Baltic payrolls across in-house and outsourced platforms, ensuring accurate and timely payments, statutory compliance, reporting, audits, and year-end processing. The role coordinates with payroll providers, HR, Finance, vendors, and business stakeholders; investigates payroll errors; supports compensation and benefits administration; and maintains confidentiality and data protection standards. This is a fully remote, 12-month fixed-term position requiring Polish payroll expertise and knowledge of local legislation.

Lead end-to-end UK monthly payroll for more than 3,000 employees across seven pay groups. Responsibilities include payroll processing, reconciliations, statutory compliance, pensions, audits, reporting, systems governance, process improvement, and payroll transformation. The role manages SAP and Workday capabilities, external providers, stakeholder relationships, and a team of five payroll specialists while ensuring accurate, timely payments and continuous operational improvement.

Own enterprise payroll and EOR account growth by prospecting, building sales pipelines, managing 6–12-month sales cycles, closing complex mass-payment solutions, and developing executive-level client partnerships. The role requires consultative selling, cross-selling, stakeholder coordination, presentations, and collaboration with technical and internal support teams.

Processes global and international payrolls, supports payroll implementations, maintains country-specific process knowledge and client documentation, and resolves complex payroll queries. The role also supports global partners, attends client meetings, provides guidance to junior staff, researches payroll solutions, and maintains accurate payroll records. Strong organization, communication, analytical, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills are required, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Manage global payroll calculations, salary payments, social insurance and housing fund administration, billing reconciliation, HR data dashboards, compensation analysis, cost budgeting, process improvements, issue resolution, policy monitoring, SOX audit support, and cross-functional HR and finance projects.

Lead global indirect procurement strategy across HR, payroll, travel, and related categories. Manage strategic sourcing, supplier selection, negotiations, contracts, performance governance, cost optimization, risk reduction, and procurement transformation. Partner with senior stakeholders across HR, Finance, Legal, Technology, and operations. Use market analysis, spend analytics, benchmarking, cost modeling, and total cost of ownership methodologies to deliver measurable savings. Coach procurement team members and support governance, automation, and capability development.

Provides HR and payroll administration across the employee lifecycle. Coordinates monthly payroll with an outsourced provider, maintains accurate confidential records, handles employee queries, and supports recruitment, offers, onboarding, employee relations, and wider HR activities. The role requires strong organization, numerical accuracy, communication, customer service, deadline management, problem-solving, and proficiency with HR systems, Microsoft Office, and spreadsheets.

Lead sales growth across the UK and international markets for Cast & Crew and Sargent-Disc. The role owns senior client relationships, protects existing revenue, develops new business in Film, Television, Streaming, Advertising, and Live Entertainment, and establishes scalable sales processes. Initially quota-carrying and hands-on, the VP will manage pipeline, forecasting, CRM usage, partnerships, and market expansion while collaborating with global teams. Over time, the role will build and lead a high-performing commercial organization.

Supports accurate monthly UK payroll processing, including starters, leavers, salary changes, timesheets, reports, tax documentation, and discrepancy resolution. Handles HR administration such as contracts, inductions, employee records, leave, sickness, references, evaluations, and promotion documentation. Maintains employee data in Workday, supports visa and right-to-work administration, improves processes, responds to employee queries, and provides payroll support during store visits.

Supports payroll processing, employee benefits administration, data validation, record maintenance, compliance activities, provider liaison, and employee payroll queries while completing a Level 3 Payroll Administrator apprenticeship.

Manages international payroll tax and social security compliance, calculates employment costs for global assignments and commercial bids, reviews payroll calculations and reconciles costs. The role collaborates with Global Mobility, Finance, HR, Legal, Sales, and external advisors to resolve cross-border employment matters, apply local tax regimes, and support international business decisions.

Coordinates multi-country payroll processing across the UK, EMEA, and APAC; validates payroll data, deductions, journals, reconciliations, statutory compliance, and payroll controls. Liaises with HR, Finance, Accounts Payable, employees, and external providers to resolve discrepancies, meet deadlines, support audits and year-end activities, and maintain accurate payroll accounting. Contributes to process improvements, system integrations, and transformation initiatives.

Provides post-production Workday Payroll support across multiple client engagements in a managed services environment. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, configuration, payroll processing, testing, release management, data validation, tenant migrations, root cause analysis, and client relationship management. The consultant collaborates with HCM, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Reporting, and Integrations teams while identifying process improvements and maintaining Workday best practices.

Manage the end-to-end monthly UK payroll cycle and pension administration, including amendments, retroactive calculations, validation, submissions, audits, employee queries, pensioner payments, bereavement cases, and HMRC reporting. The role ensures compliance with payroll legislation and organisational policies, supports the People Coordinator, liaises with Finance and SPPA, maintains confidential records, and identifies process improvements. This is a part-time, 12-month fixed-term position.

Manage payroll implementations for schools and Multi-Academy Trusts, including parallel payroll runs, detailed YTD reconciliations, data validation, system audits, compliance checks, and discrepancy resolution. The role ensures accurate payroll builds, adherence to UK payroll and pension legislation, and effective operational handover. Responsibilities also include maintaining system frameworks, preparing reconciliation documentation and payroll journals, supporting stakeholders, and following UK GDPR and information security protocols.

Lead HR and payroll data migration and integration engagements across SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, and Oracle HCM. Define migration strategies, cleanse and transform legacy data, build and reconcile loads, design integrations, support testing and cutover, and establish monitoring and support processes. Communicate technical issues to HR and business stakeholders, contribute to proposals and reusable assets, and coach junior consultants. The role is remote in the UK with client-site travel as needed.

Own end-to-end multi-country payroll and benefits administration across European jurisdictions. Manage payroll calendars, statutory reporting, reconciliations, employee changes, benefits providers, vendor SLAs, and data accuracy across Workday and payroll systems. Partner with HR and Finance to reconcile payroll to the General Ledger, resolve discrepancies, support compliance, and improve processes, controls, integrations, and future payroll provider implementations.

Manage payroll processing across multiple countries through in-country providers, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery. Handle employee and customer queries, validate and report payroll data, support client onboarding, establish processes for new country expansions, and improve payroll administration workflows. Collaborate with internal stakeholders and outsourced payroll partners to resolve issues and harmonize processes.

Leads UK and European payroll operations, overseeing monthly payroll delivery, compliance, audits, controls, vendor relationships, team leadership, and process improvement. Manages payroll specialists, approves payroll journals and filings, resolves complex employee and tax inquiries, and partners with HR, Finance, Legal, Treasury, and external providers. Drives standardization, automation, risk mitigation, and audit readiness across multiple jurisdictions.

Own the UK Payroll product roadmap, from requirements and prioritization through development, QA, UAT, beta, and launch. Collaborate with Engineering, Product Design, Sales, and Client Success to deliver impactful customer-facing features. Use user research, data, market trends, and client feedback to guide decisions, track product success metrics, and support growth, retention, compliance, and user experience improvements.