Pax8
Payroll Specialist
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Payroll Specialist
Payroll Specialist – Bristol, Derby or Farnborough
Location: Bristol | Derby | Farnborough | Office-based with flexible/remote options Salary: £37,000 – £55,000 About the Role
Payroll only gets noticed when it goes wrong… That’s what makes this role so critical and engaging.
As our Payroll Specialist, you’ll keep a multi-country EMEA payroll engine running seamlessly—with accuracy, precision, and forward-thinking rigour. You’ll spot inefficiencies in legacy processes and champion modernisation, thriving in complex environments where small details make a massive difference. Ideal for detail-oriented problem-solvers who relish the satisfaction of making high-stakes systems work flawlessly.
🌍 Our Culture & What It Feels Like Here
- A diverse, collaborative team where curiosity, ownership, and continuous improvement drive every process.
- A human-first approach blending innovation with genuine connection.
- Flexibility and growth in a dynamic startup-like culture that pushes boundaries.
Explore our ethos and opportunities on our careers page.
🔧 What You’ll Be Doing
Core Responsibilities:
- Own the full payroll lifecycle across EMEA, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance in every cycle.
- Manage payroll calendars, inputs, validations, and approvals with flawless execution.
- Review provider outputs, identify discrepancies, and proactively resolve issues before they escalate.
- Stay ahead of legislation, ensuring payroll remains aligned with regulatory and statutory requirements.
- Collaborate closely with People Operations, Finance, and external vendors to deliver a seamless payroll experience.
- Drive process improvements, automation initiatives, and efficiencies to eliminate manual work and scale operations.
- Maintain clear documentation and support system improvements/testing.
- Serve as the trusted EMEA payroll subject matter expert, guiding internal teams and stakeholders.
The impact is clear: employees receive accurate, on-time pay—every time. Beyond that, you’ll modernise operations, reduce manual effort, and expand Pax8’s scalability in its global payroll support.
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✅ What You’ll Bring
Essential Skills & Experience: ✔ Solid end-to-end payroll delivery across multiple international jurisdictions (EMEA preferred). ✔ Deep knowledge of payroll legislation, tax, and compliance requirements for applicable markets. ✔ Proven ability to manage payroll providers and external partners effectively to drive efficiency. ✔ Advanced capability in data analysis, reconciliation, and payroll system demystisation. ✔ Experience with modern payroll platforms (e.g., Workday, or equivalent). ✔ Rigorous attention to detail and the resilience to multitask in fast-moving environments. ✔ Strong stakeholder communication, including clarifying payroll concepts to diverse teams. ✔ A proactive, improvement-focused mindset with a passion for automation and accuracy.
Bonus Internacional:
- Familiarity with UK/EU payroll standards.
- Experience in global HRIS integration or regional regulatory strategies.
💰 Your Benefits
- Salaried role: £37,000 – £55,000 depending on experience.
- 25 days holiday plus UK/public holidays.
- Generous pension scheme and private healthcare.
- Life assurance and cycle-to-work scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 support.
- Flexible and remote-friendly (hybrid options available).
- Investment in learning via tailored development programmes, mentorship, and AI-powered learning tools.
- Recognition and rewards programmes to celebrate achievements.
🏢 Your Working Environment
- Collaborative, vibrant offices in Bristol, Derby, or Farnborough, each designed for flexibility, connectivity, and innovation.
- Hybrid model balancing in-office teamwork and remote focus time—supported by cutting-edge tools and spaces built for creativity.
📈 Grow With Us
There’s abundant opportunity to advance—whether progressing within this specialist role or exploring global careers across our organisation.
- Personal development hub with AI-augmented training (mentoring, "cloud-native mentors," cross-team collaboration) to skill up and stretch your expertise.
- Visibility into career pathways and the resources to realise your next milestone.
- Project-based growth and career-track clarity, empowering rapid progress in a startup-like environment.
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🌐 About Pax8
Our Mission:
We build the managed intelligence marketplace to help small businesses do more with smarter technology. At heart, we’re a fast-growing, high-energy team with a startup mentality—you’ll drive meaningful impact while shaping how we innovate.
Our Culture:
It’s business, and it’s personal. We’re passionate, creative, and unconventional.
- Expect great but keep it fun (we Elev8 each other, Advoc8 for our partners, Innov8 continuously, and Celebr8 life).
💼 Hiring Process
At Pax8, building trust starts with how we hire. To safeguard our business, teams, and customers, we use:
- Fair, transparent safeguards throughout the process to verify identity and prevent fraud.
- Proportionate, respectful identity checks (e.g., reference, work rights, qualifications—additional checks for specific countries).
- Opt-out provisions: If you have questions or don’t want AI tools supporting your application, you can choose otherwise at any stage.
A privacy notice with full details is available here.
🌈 Inclusivity
Diverse candidates with transferable skills are encouraged to apply—even if you don’t meet all criteria. Pax8 is committed to inclusivity in recruiting. To work here, you must hold a valid right-to-work status in the UK.
⚖️ Equal Opportunities & Background Checks
- Equal opportunity employer. All candidates offered roles undergo standard identity, security, and pre-employment checks, per legal requirements.
- Third-party checks (via First Advantage) may include CID (Criminal Background/Melvin System), financial checks, and biographical verification.
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