Overview
In this role you will lead pay, reward and payroll operations within a financial services employer. You will own the reward lifecycle, partner with a third-party payroll provider and contribute to the annual pay review, while enhancing HR/payroll systems. You will drive governance, data accuracy and process improvements to increase efficiency. This role blends hands-on delivery with strategic thinking to scale rewards and payroll capabilities across the business.
Responsibilities
- Manage relationship with the third-party payroll provider to ensure accurate, high-quality payroll service.
- Own end-to-end reward lifecycle, including salary changes, promotions, pay reviews and other reward activities.
- Lead the annual pay review process, coordinating stakeholders and timelines.
- Collaborate with Finance and HR to align payroll, reward and people data.
- Maximise Sage payroll system capabilities, driving automation, reporting and controls.
- Support global mobility processes and considerations for internationally mobile employees.
- Ensure governance, controls and compliance across payroll and reward processes.
- Review and streamline HR operations processes, seeking automation opportunities.
- Produce and analyse payroll, reward and people data to inform decisions.
- Act as SME on pay, payroll and reward issues, guiding HR and stakeholders.
- Support wider HR projects requiring operational, systems, payroll or reward input.
Key requirements
- Strong experience in HR operations, payroll and reward, ideally in a complex organisation.
- Proven experience managing or overseeing a third-party payroll provider.
- Solid knowledge of the annual pay review and reward cycle.
- Experience with HR/payroll systems; Sage knowledge is desirable.
- Track record of improving processes, systems and operational efficiency.
- Experience with global mobility or internationally mobile employees.
- Strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Comfort working with senior stakeholders across HR, Finance and the business.
- Excellent organisational and project management skills with multiple deadlines.
- Pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset and ability to execute.
- analytical thinking
- attention to detail
- stakeholder management
- Sage payroll system
- payroll systems
- data analysis and reporting
HR Operations Manager - Reward - 90,000 - London, Hybrid employer: Ashdown Group
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