At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage payroll for 12 entities, ensuring accuracy and compliance while driving process improvements.
- Company: Join a prestigious luxury fashion house with a dynamic team culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, 10% bonus, subsidised canteen, and generous holiday allowance.
- Other info: Hybrid working model with potential for reduced office days after probation.
- Why this job: Step into a senior role with real influence in a high-volume payroll environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in managing large payrolls and strong knowledge of UK PAYE legislation required.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 60000 £ per year.
JasperRose have partnered with a prestigious luxury fashion house, looking for a Senior Payroll & Benefits Specialist to take ownership of a high-volume, multi-entity UK payroll operation. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced payroll professional to step into a senior, hands-on role with real scope to influence process and drive improvement across the function.
Working in a team of three, you will be responsible for the accurate, timely, and fully compliant delivery of monthly payroll for 12 entities, covering over 1,000+ employees across head office and retail store staff, including operations in Jersey. The business runs SAP and Workday, with Workday integration still maturing, so you will play a key role in validating data integrity across both systems as the transition continues.
The Role
- Full ownership of the monthly payroll cycle across 12 UK entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance
- Oversee changes via Workday, including starters, leavers, and job changes
- Manage complex payroll elements including commissions, bonuses, unpaid sickness and absence, maternity, and paternity pay
- Manage monthly reporting to benefits providers and lead on annual benefits renewals, including pensions
- Provide expert guidance on complex payroll, benefits, tax, and NI queries across the business
- Act as a key point of liaison with HR to ensure timely and accurate information flow for payroll processing
- Support ad-hoc projects across the wider HRIS, Payroll, HR, and Finance functions
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, including those less familiar with payroll and pensions
About You
- Proven experience managing multiple payrolls, ideally within a large-headcount environment (1,000+ employees); retail experience would be highly desirable
- Strong technical knowledge of UK PAYE legislation, statutory compliance, and HMRC regulations
- Experience with SAP HR and Workday highly desirable
- Comfortable managing payroll elements alongside benefits and pension administration, including renewals
- A process improvement mindset, with the confidence to identify and implement efficiencies
- Digitally savvy, with advanced Excel skills for data analysis and reporting
- A confident communicator, able to build relationships with senior stakeholders across the business
Salary and Benefits:
- 10% bonus
- Company benefits including subsidised canteen
- 24 days holidays + bank holidays
This role requires 4 days per week in the office (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday mandatory) with potential to be reduced to 3 after probation. Please note full-time office attendance during the initial 6-month probation period is required.
Senior Payroll and Benefits Specialist employer: JasperRose
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