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Payroll Partner (Interim)
Location: Primarily Mayfair, with some presence in Notting Hill (4 days onsite)
Contract: 3-month Interim
Hours: Full-time
Salary: Up to £55,000 FTE (pro-rata for the contract term)
We are partnering with a well-established, high-end hospitality group operating premium venues in central London. They are seeking an experienced, hands-on Payroll Partner on a three-month fixed-term basis.
This is a dual-focused role: full operational ownership of the monthly payroll cycle across two sites, combined with a clear project element to bring structure, documentation, and improved controls to the existing processes.
About the Role
You will take end-to-end ownership of payroll for approximately 350 employees across the group's two flagship venues. Working closely with Finance and People & Culture, you will ensure accurate, on-time payments every month while reviewing current processes, tightening controls and data quality, and creating clear SOPs.
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Key Responsibilities
- Own the full monthly payroll lifecycle using Fourth, from data collection and validation through to processing, reconciliation, and reporting
- Manage starters, leavers, contractual changes, overtime, bonuses, deductions, pensions, benefits, and family leave payments
- Act as first point of contact for all employee payroll queries
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies promptly and professionally
- Produce accurate payroll reports and ad-hoc analysis using advanced Excel
- Document end-to-end processes and create clear, usable SOPs
- Review current controls and data flows, recommending practical improvements
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Requirements
Essential
- Proven end-to-end payroll experience, ideally in a multi-site hospitality or hospitality-adjacent environment
- Strong working knowledge of UK payroll legislation, statutory payments, and pension auto-enrolment
- Hands-on experience with Fourth payroll system
- Advanced Excel skills (XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, pivot tables) with excellent attention to data accuracy
- Experience creating clear process documentation / SOPs
- Confident communicator, comfortable dealing directly with employees at all levels
- Ability to work autonomously and hit the ground running in a short-term project role
Desirable
- Experience with Recruit Genie or similar ATS that feeds into payroll
- Previous experience supporting a payroll handover or transition
- CIPP qualification
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