Payroll Team Leader in Edinburgh

Your new company

Hays is delighted to be partnering exclusively with a well-established organisation based in Dalkeith to recruit an Employment & Reward Team Leader. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced payroll professional who enjoys combining hands-on, end-to-end payroll expertise with people management. The position offers excellent flexibility, with hybrid working and office attendance required only a couple of times per month. Core working hours operate between 7am and 7pm, providing considerable flexibility around start and finish times.

Your new role

Reporting to the Employment & Reward Manager, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day delivery and reconciliation of a key payroll while leading and supporting part of the wider payroll team. This is a varied role covering both operational payroll delivery and people leadership. Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading and supporting a team delivering a range of employment, payroll and reward services across the organisation.
• Overseeing accurate and timely end-to-end payroll delivery, including starters, leavers, pension information and contractual changes.
• Managing workloads, priorities and service delivery, ensuring quality, accuracy and key deadlines are consistently achieved.
• Leading on service improvement and transformation projects, reviewing existing processes and introducing more efficient ways of working.
• Supporting the implementation of legislative, policy and system changes, ensuring processes and procedures remain compliant and up to date.
• Providing advice and guidance to managers, trade union representatives and other stakeholders on employment procedures, terms and conditions, payroll, tax and pensions.
• Supporting payroll reconciliations, statutory reporting, year-end processes and audit requirements.
• Working closely with internal teams on system developments, testing and process improvements.
• Developing and maintaining procedures, guidance and documentation, while supporting the training and development of team members.
• Contributing to the wider development of Employment & Reward policies, procedures and service delivery.
• Building relationships with internal and external stakeholders, sharing best practice and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Delivering briefings, presentations and training to stakeholders where required.

What you'll need to succeed

You will ideally bring:

• Strong end-to-end payroll experience within a busy payroll environment.
• Experience of payroll and/or HR systems and associated operational processes.
• Good working knowledge of tax, National Insurance, pensions and payroll legislation.
• Previous experience of supervising, leading or supporting colleagues.
• Strong reconciliation, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills.
• A proactive and adaptable approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Confidence working with data and identifying opportunities to improve processes and service delivery.

You will ideally hold relevant HR and payroll qualifications, such as a Certificate in HR Practice and Payroll Technician qualification, or equivalent. CIPD Intermediate Diploma and/or CIPP National Payroll Certificate qualifications would be advantageous.

What you'll get in return

Salary: 35,000- 38,000
Hours: 36 hours per week. Flexible working: Core operating hours between 7am and 7pm, offering considerable flexibility around your working pattern. Hybrid working: Office attendance in Dalkeith is required only a couple of times per month. The opportunity to lead and develop a payroll team while contributing to wider systems and process transformation.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.