Payroll Manager

Payroll Manager Heathrow Salary:£55K - Hybrid Working Our client, a long-established, multi-site organisation with a strong reputation in their sector, is looking to recruit an experienced Payroll Specialist with strong Workday expertise to join their group. In this role, you will own and deliver accurate, compliant and efficient payroll processing across the group, using Workday as the system of record and ensuring strong governance, controls and employee experience throughout. Acting as the organisation''s payroll subject matter expert, you will work closely with HR Operations, Finance and third-party payroll providers to keep payroll running smoothly across multiple entities. Key Responsibilities Manage the end-to-end payroll process (monthly and weekly as applicable), including starters, leavers, changes, variable pay, and absence and statutory payments. Validate payroll outputs and complete pre- and post-payroll reconciliations, ensuring timely submission of RTI (FPS/EPS) to HMRC. Act as payroll lead for Workday, ensuring accurate payroll inputs, effective configuration of payroll-related workflows, and data integrity across all payroll fields. Support optimisation of Workday payroll processes, including automation, reduction of manual input, and integration with external payroll providers. Liaise with the payroll bureau or managed payroll provider, supporting the transition of employees onto a single managed service, validating outputs, challenging discrepancies and ..... full job details .....