EMEA Payroll Specialist

EMEA Payroll Specialist London – Hammersmith Hybrid Working – 3 days office (Mon & Tue mandatory) £45,000 + 10% bonus Full Time | Permanent The Opportunity An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Payroll Administrator to join a fast-paced international payroll team supporting employees across EMEA and the Americas. You’ll play a key role in delivering accurate and compliant payroll across multiple countries, supporting approximately 2,500 employees, while working closely with HR, Finance, Reward, Legal teams, and external payroll providers. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong multi-country payroll experience who thrives in a complex, high-volume, global environment. Key Responsibilities • Deliver end-to-end monthly payroll processing across multiple countries in EMEA and the Americas. • Collect, validate, and process payroll inputs including starters, leavers, changes, benefits, deductions, and variable pay. • Perform payroll reconciliations, variance analysis, and pre/post-payroll checks. • Ensure compliance with international payroll legislation and statutory requirements. • Manage payroll inbox queries, providing timely and accurate responses to employees and stakeholders. • Liaise with external payroll vendors to ensure accurate and timely payroll delivery. • Support HR, Finance, Reward, and Legal teams with payroll-related queries and inputs. • Maintain accurate payroll records, audit trails, and documentation. • Support purchase order, invoice, and vendor administration processes. • Contribute to process improvements, SOPs, and continuous payroll efficiency initiatives. About You • Experience in international or multi-country payroll administration (EMEA and/or Americas). • Experience working with outsourced payroll providers. • Strong understanding of global payroll legislation and compliance. • Confident using payroll/HR systems such as ADP, Workday, or Oracle. • Advanced Excel skills (lookups, pivots, reconciliations). • Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities. • Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Proactive, collaborative, and solutions-focused mindset. Interested? Apply today! 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, HR & Reward recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.