This role will see you leading a payroll team, managing daily operations, and ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery across multiple pay patterns. You’ll improve processes, support HR and Finance, and shape how payroll is delivered for the future.
Client Details
Our client is a large, nationally recognised infrastructure organisation with a reputation for delivering complex engineering and construction projects across the UK. They operate multiple specialist divisions and joint ventures, supported by a professional central services hub in Doncaster. Known for their collaborative culture and long-term investment in people, they offer stability, career development, and a high-performing, supportive environment.
Description
*Lead and develop a payroll team of three, coaching and supporting their ongoing growth.
*Deliver accurate weekly and four-weekly end-to-end payrolls in partnership with the wider Group Payroll team.
*Oversee and prioritise the team’s daily workflow to ensure all deadlines are consistently met.
*Resolve payroll queries confidently and professionally.
*Produce accurate statutory reports, payroll summaries, and KPI dashboards.
*Support HR, Finance, and operational teams with timely payroll data and insights.
*Drive continuous improvement by reviewing processes, identifying efficiencies, and supporting payroll system enhancements.
*Contribute to wider payroll or system implementation projects.
Profile
*Strong hands-on payroll experience, ideally across multiple pay patterns.
*Experience managing or supervising a team - coaching, motivating, and developing others.
*Solid understanding of sick pay, parental pay, P11Ds, and payrolled benefits.
*High levels of accuracy, organisation, and attention to detail.
*Excellent communication skills and a customer-focused approach.
*Strong Excel capability - including VLOOKUPs and pivot tables.
*An improvement mindset with experience in refining processes or systems.
*Experience with payroll software; CIPP qualification beneficial but not essential.
Job Offer
*Salary up to £40,000 per annum.
*Generous annual leave plus your birthday off
*Pension & Life Assurance
*Cycle to Work scheme
*Discounts on shopping, restaurants & rewards
*Comprehensive training and development opportunities
*Family-friendly policies, including enhanced maternity benefits
*Access to Employee Assistance and wellbeing support (mental, physical & financial)
*The chance to join a supportive team where your ideas and improvements are genuinely valued.