Payroll Manager UK & Ireland

Title: Payroll Manager UK & Ireland
Location: Berkshire
Hybrid: 2 days as week in the office
Salary: 80,000 + 25% bonus
Contract: Permanent

A global organisation based in Berkshire is seeking an experienced UK and ROI Payroll Manager to take full ownership of payroll delivery across the UK, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. You will lead a sizeable payroll function supporting a large, multi-sited workforce and play a key role in maintaining compliance, driving improvement and supporting wider business change.

This is not a static environment. You will be expected to juggle operational excellence with multiple projects and shifting priorities. This is a senior payroll leadership role suited to someone already operating at this level. It requires confidence, resilience and the ability to manage scale, complexity and ongoing change without losing control of delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• End to end leadership of UK, Northern Ireland and ROI payrolls across weekly and four weekly cycles, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance at scale
• Ownership of statutory obligations including PAYE, NIC, pensions, auto enrolment, BIK, PSWT and PRSI
• Management, coaching and development of a payroll team of around ten, setting clear expectations and maintaining high standards
• Acting as the senior escalation point for payroll, working closely with People teams, Finance, Operations and external suppliers
• Leading payroll related projects such as system enhancements, process automation and legislative change
• Ensuring robust governance, audit readiness and senior level reporting on payroll performance and risk

What You Will Bring

• Current experience operating as a Payroll Manager within a large, complex payroll environment
• Demonstrable experience of high-volume payroll operations, ideally within retail or another multi-site sector
• Strong, hands-on Irish payroll knowledge, this is essential
• CIPP or IPASS qualification
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a fast paced, change heavy environment
• Confident stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and challenge constructively

Why This Role

This role offers genuine ownership, visibility and influence. You will be trusted to run a critical function properly, improve it where needed and lead people through change with clarity and professionalism. If you are an established UK and ROI payroll leader looking for a role with scale, challenge and long-term opportunity, this position deserves serious consideration.

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