Overview
Payroll Manager
Zertus UK & Ireland based at Lir Chocolates Ltd, Navan, County Meath, Ireland Or Kinnerton Confectionery, Fakenham, UK
Position type: Full-time, Permanent
Hours: Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:00
Closing Date: 26/06/2026
Responsibilities
- Process payroll for permanent and temporary employees accurately and on time - each year around 200 temporary workers join our team from April - October, so payroll demand fluctuates depending on high and low season
- Manage statutory payments including sick, maternity and holiday pay
- Maintain payroll records and ensure data accuracy and compliance
- Respond to employee payroll queries clearly and professionally
- Generate payroll reports and support financial reconciliations
- Stay up to date with payroll legislation and ensure compliance
Qualifications
This role is suited to someone who enjoys a practical, delivery-focused role. It is ideal for a mid-level payroll professional looking to run the day-to-day site payroll operations. We're also looking for someone with the following skills and experience:
- Comfortable and self-sufficient in running payroll independently, whilst collaborating with the wider HR and Finance team
- Strong understanding of Irish payroll legislation and tax
- High attention to detail and strong analytical skills
- Excellent organisation and ability to meet deadlines
- Proficient in payroll systems and Microsoft Excel
- Experience processing payroll for a manufacturing or similar business, with an understanding of varied shift patterns, pay rates and overtime payments
- IPASS qualification (or equivalent) - desirable but not essential
Rewards Benefits
- Hybrid working upon successful completion of probationary period
- 25 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays
- 1.5% company matched pension plan
- Death in service benefit
- Cycle to work scheme (subject to meeting minimum criteria)
- Employee Assistance Programme
About Us
Zertus UK & Ireland comprises Humdinger Foods, Kinnerton Confectionery and Lir Chocolates, manufacturing a wide portfolio of snacks and confectionery across our UK and Irish sites. Our brands include NOMO, Sun Valley, Kinnerton Kids, The Fruit Factory, Yum & Yay, as well as collaborations with Baileys and Guinness. We are part of Zertus GmbH, a long-established European food group headquartered in Hamburg, employing more than 2,000 people across multiple markets. Our UK&I locations include Heckington, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Fakenham, Bromborough and Navan in Ireland, with office space in Hull and Holborn, London.
Application & Interview Process
Apply via our careers portal with your CV and application details. If shortlisted, you’ll be invited to a two-stage interview process on site, including the opportunity to meet the team on-site.
Lir Chocolates is an equal opportunities employer. If you require any adjustments during the process, please let us know at application stage.
