Interim Head of Payroll
Posted 4 days ago by Mitchell Adam
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Birmingham, UK
Summary: The role of Interim Head of Payroll involves overseeing payroll operations for a large multi-site business, managing a small team, and ensuring payroll processes run smoothly and accurately. The position requires a hands-on approach to daily payroll activities while also focusing on process improvements and compliance. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in payroll management and a strong understanding of UK payroll legislation. This role offers the opportunity to lead a well-established payroll function with potential for contract extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee payroll operations for a sizeable employee population across multiple locations.
- Manage a small team to ensure payroll runs smoothly, accurately, and on time.
- Support process improvements, compliance, and stakeholder queries.
- Produce payroll reports and analysis using payroll software and Excel.
- Ensure adherence to pensions and auto-enrolment requirements.
Key Skills:
- Previous experience managing or leading payroll in a busy environment.
- Strong understanding of UK payroll legislation and processes.
- Good systems knowledge and confidence with payroll software.
- Strong Excel skills for producing payroll reports and analysis.
- Experience with pensions and auto-enrolment requirements.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-site organization.
Salary (Rate): £350.00 Daily
City: Birmingham
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
We're looking for an experienced payroll professional to step into an interim role supporting a busy payroll function within a large multi-site business.
A successful applicant will be overseeing payroll operations for a sizeable employee population across a mix of locations and employee groups, while managing a small team and helping ensure payroll runs smoothly, accurately, and on time.
This role would suit someone hands-on who is comfortable managing day-to-day payroll activity while also supporting process improvements, compliance, and stakeholder queries.
Ideally, you will:
- Have Previous experience managing or leading payroll within a busy environment with strong understanding of UK payroll legislation and payroll processes.
- Good systems knowledge and confidence working with payroll software, strong Excel skills and experience producing payroll reports and analysis.
- Experience with pensions and auto-enrolment requirements.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, multi-site organisation, ideally with experience supporting in an interim capacity
In return, you will:
- Have the opportunity to lead a well-established payroll function with exposure to large-scale, multi-site payroll operations.
- Join a supportive and collaborative team environment with a generous hybrid settling and competitive day rate.
- Have the opportunity to influence process improvements and best practice and the involvement in systems improvements and payroll projects
- Have full autonomy and ownership within the role and the potential for contract extension or longer-term opportunities
This role is immediately available, please apply now to avoid disappointment.