Top Payroll Jobs in London

Lead UK finance controllership including month-end and year-end close, management reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, payroll, VAT and EU sales reporting, external audit ownership, BACS payments, intercompany settlements, bank and government liaison, and finance business partnering and supervision of UK finance staff.

Support end-to-end payroll processing across UK, EMEA, and APAC by working with payroll vendors, managing payroll tasks (reports, queries, benefits/deductions), supporting audits and year-end, and liaising with HR and Finance to ensure accurate, compliant payroll operations and process improvements.

Leads EMEA payroll operations across multiple countries, ensuring accurate, compliant, consistent delivery through external partners. Manages distributed payroll teams and managers, oversees escalations, mitigates operational risks, strengthens controls, monitors performance metrics, drives standardization and continuous improvement, and collaborates with Finance, Contracts, Payments, employees, clients, and delivery partners.

Manage end-to-end UK payroll delivery across the Group, ensuring accurate, compliant, timely payments and statutory reporting. Own payroll schedules, controls, reconciliations, funding, systems, audits, risk management, and continuous improvement. Lead and develop the payroll team, resolve complex issues, manage stakeholders and external providers, oversee system upgrades and testing, and provide reporting and operational expertise for legislative and business changes.

Own end-to-end onboarding of customers to Sona's payroll platform including discovery, system configuration, parallel runs, training, go-live, and post-launch support. Configure and troubleshoot UK payroll setups (GL, pensions, RTI), collaborate with project and product teams, use AI tools for reconciliation and communications, and identify process improvements.

Implement and configure enterprise-scale Workday Payroll solutions for global customers. Gather requirements, design aligned solutions, manage workloads independently, collaborate with delivery teams, support junior consultants, and deliver consulting and application management services within agreed SLAs. Build customer relationships, communicate effectively, maintain quality and confidentiality, improve tools and processes, and support customer-site engagements with minimal travel.

Lead global payroll strategy and a multi-year transformation to standardize, automate and consolidate vendors. Build and manage a global payroll team, own payroll operations, governance, controls and compliance across multiple jurisdictions, drive Workday integration and automation, manage stakeholder relationships, and act as senior escalation for payroll risks and audits.

The Senior Payroll Manager will oversee payroll operations across EMEA and APAC, ensuring compliance, managing vendors, and supporting a team while handling audits and reporting.

The Regional Payroll Manager oversees payroll operations in EMEA, ensuring compliance and driving operational excellence through process optimization and quality standards.

The Global Process Owner will oversee global payroll processes, ensuring compliance and efficiency while leading transformation initiatives and stakeholder engagement.

Lead end-to-end onboarding and implementation projects for global payroll, EOR, and workforce solutions. Serve as primary client contact, run discovery, manage timelines, guide configuration, data migration, testing, payroll validation, go-live, and post-launch stabilization. Coordinate cross-functionally, support integrations, mitigate risks, leverage AI tools, and improve implementation playbooks and processes to ensure compliant, on-time deliveries and strong client satisfaction.

Coordinate group payroll processes across UK and rest-of-world, liaise with Global Mobility, P&C and outsourced providers, handle payroll queries and calculations, prepare journals for Oracle, update payroll procedures, and support meetings and implementation.

Leads complex Workday Payroll implementations as a senior functional advisor and delivery leader. Responsibilities include solution design, client workshops, configuration oversight, testing, parallel payroll runs, deployment, compliance guidance, integrations, pre-sales support, stakeholder management, and mentoring consultants. The role also contributes to practice development, methodology improvements, training, and knowledge sharing while supporting executive-level client engagement.

Leads payroll parallel-run planning, governance, reconciliation, testing assurance, operational readiness, service acceptance, and transition for a large-scale Oracle Fusion Payroll transformation. The role acts as the senior payroll authority, challenging system integrator outcomes, managing risks and dependencies, coordinating multi-supplier stakeholders, and supporting executive go/no-go decisions for Day One service delivery.

Lead post-deployment Workday Compensation and Advanced Compensation implementations: configure and optimize Workday, advise clients, manage delivery, lead functional workstreams, mentor juniors, and support continuous improvement across consulting and application management services.

Supports accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery across multiple international jurisdictions. Responsibilities include managing country payroll portfolios, monitoring legislation, coordinating with providers and internal teams, maintaining secure payroll data, producing reports, supporting country onboarding and system testing, resolving employee queries, and contributing to process improvements, system upgrades, policy harmonization, and digital transformation initiatives.

Manage EMEA payrolls across ~27 countries for 3500+ employees: coordinate with internal teams and external bureaus, process complex items (RSUs/stocks), ensure SOX compliance, prepare payroll journals, handle queries, support audits, and assist payroll transformation and ADP migration.

Manage end-to-end payroll processes for EU markets, including payroll controls, validation, payments, taxes, social security, reporting, and issue resolution. Support expatriate mobility and immigration processes while coordinating with local HR teams, payroll partners, finance, tax advisors, and mobility providers. Lead payroll governance, audits, compliance, policy improvements, and systems initiatives across Europe.

Support the Payroll Manager with end-to-end payroll processing and reconciliation, maintain employee data, administer benefits (pensions, healthcare), coordinate onboarding/offboarding, liaise with in-country providers, support payroll audits and reporting, and provide ad-hoc HR administrative support across multiple regions.

Front-desk accounting role supporting payroll and accounts processing. Trainable position requiring accuracy, good computer skills, client-facing reception duties, and willingness to learn payroll/accounting software (Star, Iris, Sage, Xero, QuickBooks). Some relevant office experience processing accounts or payroll required; training provided.

Join an accountancy practice to be trained in payroll and accounts processing. Serve on reception, engage with clients professionally, maintain accuracy with figures, and use office software. The role requires good computer skills, office experience, and willingness to learn payroll/accounting packages.

Join an accountancy practice to be trained on payroll and accounts. Greet clients at reception, maintain accuracy with figures, use office systems, and learn accounting software (Star, Iris, Sage, Xero, QuickBooks). Work Monday–Friday, 9am–6pm.

Provide reception and office support while processing payroll and accounts. Be trained on payroll/accounts systems, use accounting software (Star, Iris, Sage, Xero, QuickBooks), engage professionally with clients, and maintain accurate numerical records. Work Monday–Friday 9:30–17:30.

Own and manage end-to-end payroll for EMEA and APAC entities (UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai). Ensure accurate, compliant processing of salaries, taxes, benefits, and lifecycle changes; manage vendors; support HR and onboarding; maintain payroll controls, audits, and employee communications; drive process improvements and collaborate with US payroll team.

Own the Global Payroll and Employer of Record product line, including roadmap, customer discovery, prioritization, cross-functional execution, internal tooling, and applied AI. Lead payroll product strategy across countries and engines, translate customer and operational feedback into direction, and scale a product team of two to three PMs. Partner globally with engineering, design, sales, customer success, and operations while reporting directly to the CEO.