JGA Recruitment Group | B Corp™
Senior Payroll & Benefits Specialist
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Senior Payroll & Benefits Specialist
Location: East London, (Hybrid – 1 month office-based initially, then 3 days office / 2 days home)
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 + Excellent Benefits
Contract: Permanent
We're looking for an experienced payroll professional to take ownership of UK & Ireland payroll and benefits administration for approximately 400 employees.
This is a highly visible role where you'll act as the subject matter expert for Payroll & Benefits, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time whilst continuously improving payroll processes, maintaining compliance, managing pensions and benefits, and supporting wider reward initiatives.
Working closely with HR, Finance and external providers, you'll also have the opportunity to drive automation projects and improve employee engagement with the company's benefits offering.
Key Responsibilities
- Payroll
- End-to-end management of UK & Ireland payrolls (circa 400 employees)
- Manage a modified payroll for UK expatriates
- Ensure payroll compliance with HMRC, Revenue and legislative requirements
- Administer pensions, auto-enrolment and statutory submissions
- Produce monthly payroll journals and reconcile payroll data
- Investigate and resolve payroll queries and discrepancies
- Review and improve payroll processes, driving efficiencies and automation
- Maintain payroll documentation, SOPs and process guides
- Train HR colleagues to provide payroll continuity when required
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Benefits
- Administer all employee benefit schemes from onboarding through to leavers
- Manage pension schemes, submissions and governance
- Support annual benefits renewals with external brokers
- Promote employee benefits across the business
- Produce monthly benefit reporting and market benchmarking
- Update policies, intranet content and employee communications
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Projects & Reporting
- Manage annual payroll activities including P11Ds, P60s and Gender Pay Gap reporting
- Support annual salary and bonus review processes
- Assist with UK & Ireland payroll budgeting and variance reporting
- Partner with International Mobility regarding expatriate payroll obligations
- Deliver payroll and benefits metrics to senior stakeholders
- Support internal and external payroll audits
What We're Looking For
Essential
- Significant UK payroll and benefits experience
- Strong experience using ADP iHCM2
- Excellent understanding of UK payroll legislation
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to work independently whilst managing multiple deadlines
Desirable
- Irish payroll experience
- Experience processing expatriate/modified payrolls
- CIPP qualification (or equivalent experience)
- Strong Google Workspace knowledge
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Benefits
- Salary up to £65,000
- Hybrid working (3 days office / 2 days home after onboarding)
- 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
- Annual bonus & salary review
- Group Personal Pension
- Permanent Health Insurance
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme & Virtual GP
- Enhanced Family Leave
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- Interest-free Season Ticket Loan
- Annual Health Check
- Eye Care Support
- Employee Discount Platform
Interested?
If you're an experienced Payroll professional looking to take ownership of payroll and benefits within a global organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
Feel free to apply, connect or contact me at liamh@jgarecruitment.com
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JGA Recruitment Group Ltd (“We”) are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.
We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist Payroll and HR recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.
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