Temporary Payroll Manager

Payroll Manager (3-Month Interim Assignment)

📍 Glasgow City Centre (Hybrid – 3 Days Office / 2 Days Home)

📅 3-Month Contract / Interim Assignment

💰 Competitive Daily Rate / Salary Equivalent

We are currently seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to join a well-established organisation in Glasgow City Centre on a 3-month interim assignment.

This is a hands-on role requiring an experienced payroll professional who can quickly take ownership of a busy and complex payroll function, ensuring employees, contractors, and fee-paid staff are paid accurately and on time while maintaining full compliance with payroll legislation and internal controls.

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Finance, you will oversee the end-to-end payroll function, managing a Payroll Administrator and taking overall responsibility for payroll operations, reporting, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the full payroll cycle, ensuring accurate and timely processing.
• Oversee payroll processing for employees, contractors, and fee-paid workers.
• Prepare and process payroll payments, statutory deductions, and pension contributions.
• Reconcile payroll reports to finance systems and general ledger accounts.
• Ensure compliance with PAYE, National Insurance, pensions, and employment legislation.
• Work closely with HR to process starters, leavers, contractual changes, and pay awards.
• Respond to payroll, tax, pension, and employment status queries from employees and managers.
• Liaise with external bodies including pension providers, auditors, and HMRC.
• Produce payroll analysis and reporting for senior finance stakeholders.
• Support payroll system enhancements, upgrades, and process improvements.
• Line manage, support, and develop the Payroll Administrator.
• Take overall ownership of payroll delivery, controls, and governance across the organisation.