Payroll Manager

Payroll Manager • Salary: Up to £40,000 • Location: Troon, Ayrshire • Contract: Permanent • Working Structure: Fully onsite The Role • Leading the end-to-end payroll function, ensuring accurate and compliant delivery across multiple business units, legal entities and employee groups. • Managing both weekly and monthly payroll cycles, overseeing PAYE, National Insurance, statutory payments, auto-enrolment pensions, RTI submissions and payroll reporting. • Taking ownership of payroll accuracy, reconciliations, resolving discrepancies and ensuring strong governance across all payroll processes. • Supporting payroll and HR system improvements, including involvement in HRIS/payroll implementation projects, system testing, data migration and process optimisation. • Driving continuous improvement across the payroll function by reviewing procedures, identifying efficiencies and championing new ways of working. • Managing and developing the payroll team, providing leadership, coaching and support while building strong relationships with HR, Finance, IT and operational stakeholders. Ideal Candidate • Proven experience managing an end-to-end payroll function within a complex or multi-site organisation. • Strong technical knowledge of UK payroll legislation, including PAYE, NI, statutory payments, pensions, RTI and payroll compliance. • Experience supporting payroll system implementations, integrations, testing and process improvements. • Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing payroll teams. • Confident stakeholder manager with the ability to communicate complex payroll and systems information clearly across the business. • CIPP qualification (or equivalent) desirable, with a proactive mindset and a passion for improving payroll processes. 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.