Payroll Manager - York/Hybrid with an expectation to be able to attend the York office in person two days per week

Salary: £45,390.80 per annum

Permanent, Full Time (35 hours per week)

About the role

We are seeking a skilled Payroll Manager to lead, develop and support the Group’s Payroll Function. You will drive forward continuous improvement, delivering a modern system with technology-enabled processes. Reporting into the People Shared Services Lead, you will deliver services in line with standards agreed with JRHT and JRF and you will be the organisational owner of the HR/Payroll system and data within this, including maintaining and upgrading all HRIS systems. The payroll team provides an end-to-end UK payroll operation to both JRF and JRHT, ensuring organisational and colleague expectations are met, alongside statutory and regulatory compliance responsibilities.

About you

You will have a breadth and depth of experience of working as a Payroll Manager in a range of organisations with deep knowledge and expertise in payroll management and administration, able to lead by example and impart your in-depth payroll knowledge to the team. With demonstrable practical awareness of HMRC & payroll legislation and regulations and their implications for practical workplace processes and issues, you will have strong understanding of Payroll & HR systems and the potential they provide to improve and streamline processes to maximise efficiencies and ensure that HR resources can be focused on activities that add value to the group. You will be a confident and skilled communicator with experience of managing and inspiring a team around the delivery of efficient services and a culture of continuous improvement. You will be able to work autonomously, problem solve and demonstrate operational and strategic skills, with strong analytical skills.

How to apply

If you share our passion and this role sounds like you, then we’re looking forward to hearing from you. Please submit your CV and supporting information via our online application platform. The closing date for applications is Friday 20th June 2025. Interview date tbc. We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.

Additional Information

Applications are welcome from all, regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socioeconomic background. We positively encourage applications from people from marginalised backgrounds, including but not limited to those with experience of living in poverty. We are committed to being an anti-racist organisation and operate an anonymised recruitment process so that bias is eliminated from the shortlisting process. In support of our approach to flexible working, we are happy to receive applications from those seeking full-time employment, as well as those who may want to share the role on a part-time basis. When making your application, please state whether you want to be considered for either full or part-time work and, if part-time, the number of hours per week you would be looking for. At JRF we’re at our best when we’re continually building on trust, showing we care and making a difference – and hope others will do the same. So, for those roles which allow it, we’re developing a more blended approach to how and where you work. This means you can expect to work flexibly between the office and home (with an expectation of two days a week in your home office).

We are a Disability Confident Employer. This means that we are committed to the recruitment, progression and retention of disabled individuals. We shall also offer interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you have a disability, please tell us if you would like to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have any additional needs and need reasonable adjustments to be made to the interview process, please let us know.