UK/IE Payroll Consultant – ProHRPay Consulting Services LLC

ProHRPay Consulting services is seeking an experienced UK and Ireland Payroll Consultant to lead and support payroll transformation engagements for our clients. You will act as the legislative subject matter expert, guide clients through change, and produce high-quality documentation throughout the project lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert on UK and Irish payroll legislation, including PAYE, National Insurance, RTI, auto-enrolment pensions, statutory payments (SSP, SMP, SPP, ShPP), P11D/benefits in kind, PAYE Modernisation, PRSI, USC and Irish auto-enrolment.
• Lead payroll transformation activities: requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, solution design, configuration validation, parallel runs, go-live and hypercare.
• Monitor legislative changes from HMRC and Revenue, assess client impact, and advise on compliant implementation.
• Drive change management: stakeholder engagement, impact assessments, communication plans, training and adoption support.
• Produce and maintain clear documentation, including process maps, SOPs, business requirements, test scripts, control frameworks and compliance guides.
• Collaborate with client HR, finance and IT teams, payroll vendors and internal ProHRPay colleagues across time zones.
• Proactively identify risks, compliance gaps and process improvement opportunities, and recommend practical solutions.
• Support payroll audits, year-end activities and reconciliation reviews.

Skills and experience

• 8+ years of hands-on UK and Ireland payroll experience, including consulting or transformation projects.
• In-depth, current knowledge of UK and Irish payroll, tax and employment legislation.
• Experience with leading payroll platforms (e.g. IIPAY is a Plus, SAP, Workday, ADP, Oracle, Dayforce) and vendor-managed payroll models.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legislation simply to senior stakeholders.
• Proven track record in change management and producing high-quality project documentation.
• Collaborative, proactive and self-driven, comfortable working independently in a client-facing role.

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