Payroll Officer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 6 May 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Contract
LEVEL
Associate
CATEGORY
Finance & Accounting
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SKILLS

UK payroll PAYE National Insurance Statutory payments Auto-enrolment Excel Pension administration Tax calculations

FULL DESCRIPTION

Payroll Officer

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is expanding their payroll team. The Payroll Officer will take full ownership of end-to-end UK payroll for approximately 1,000 employees, working closely with our People and Finance teams. This is a technically demanding, high-autonomy role with genuine scope to shape how payroll operates as [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] grows, including involvement in active projects to bring pensions administration in-house and being the main point of contact for all in-house payroll queries.

What you'll be doing

  • Running end-to-end UK payroll accurately and on time, including all pay elements, deductions and statutory payments
  • Applying and calculating manual tax codes, processing P6/P9 notifications and handling complex tax scenarios
  • Completing monthly reconciliations across GL, HMRC and pension providers using Excel
  • Managing the full range of statutory payments: SSP, SMP, SPP etc, including manual calculations
  • Owning pension scheme administration including auto-enrolment, opt-outs, re-enrolment and provider reconciliations
  • Acting as first point of contact for all employee payroll queries daily
  • Managing the relationship with our external payroll provider, challenging outputs and driving accuracy
  • Contributing to the active project to bring pensions administration in-house

What you'll bring

  • Hands-on end-to-end UK payroll ownership in a medium to large organisation
  • Confident working knowledge of PAYE, NI, statutory payments and auto-enrolment
  • Experience with manual tax code calculations and complex statutory payment scenarios
  • Strong Excel skills for payroll validation and reconciliation work
  • Experience operating alongside an external payroll provider
  • Comfortable working at pace in a scaling, deadline-driven environment

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