Uk Payroll Specialist

Role & responsibilities

• Support end-to-end UK payroll processing and ensure activities are completed accurately and within agreed timelines.
• Provide subject-matter expertise across PAYE, National Insurance, statutory payments, tax codes, holiday pay, salary sacrifice and other UK payroll requirements.
• Support HMRC Real Time Information activities, including FPS and EPS submissions, corrections and payroll reconciliations.
• Support workplace pension and automatic-enrolment activities, including assessment, enrolment, opt-outs, refunds and contribution reconciliation.
• Review complex payroll transactions, exceptions and adjustments and provide guidance to payroll associates.
• Perform and review payroll controls, payroll-to-general-ledger reconciliations, variance analysis and exception reports.
• Support payroll activities relating to starters, leavers, employee changes, bonuses, statutory leave, deductions, benefits, loans, court orders and overpayments.
• Support tax-year start and year-end activities, including P60, P11D, P11D(b), payrolled benefits and associated reconciliations.
• Coordinate day-to-day team activities, workload allocation, quality checks and adherence to payroll calendars and cut-offs.
• Coach payroll associates and support knowledge transfer, process documentation and cross-training.
• Act as an escalation point for complex payroll queries and support timely resolution of incidents and issues.
• Support audits, control reviews, root-cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions.
• Support system changes, testing, automation and continuous-improvement initiatives.

Provide operational updates, risks and issues to the Payroll Tower Lead

Preferred candidate profile