Payroll & Reward Specialist

OverviewPayroll and Reward Specialist – Permanent – London – Hybrid – up to £65,000 per annum

Oakleaf Partnership are delighted to be partnered with a luxury FMCG business, who are looking for a Payroll and Reward Specialist to join their team. The role will be challenging yet exciting and offer new opportunities for growth. The Payroll and Reward Specialist will be a trusted expert, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery across the UK and Ireland circa 600 employees. While providing high-quality insights to support their global reward and benefits strategy.

The Payroll and Reward Specialist will be assisting/overseeing duties such as:

Lead the end to end payroll process for all UK and Ireland employees circa 600, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with HMRC, ROI revenue authorities, and other statutory requirements.

Oversee the strategic relationship with outsourced payroll providers, managing SLAs, challenging inefficiencies, and creating new ways of working to overcome any issues.

Lead payroll related change projects, including potential HRIS/payroll system transformation, vendor tender processing selection, and implementation.

Conduct regular payroll audits and risk reviews, implementing robust controls to ensure accuracy, compliance, and GDPR data security.

Oversee statutory payments such as SSP, SMP, SPP, and all HMRC/Revenue submissions including RTI, P11D, and year-end activities.

Provide market research, benchmarking data, and operational recommendations to inform strategic decision-making.

Ensure all reward initiatives are accurately implemented and reflected in payroll and benefits systems.

Support the strategic review of pension schemes by providing data, market comparisons, and operational insights

Key Skills

Minimum of 5 years proven experience managing payroll

Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, tax codes, NI, and pension administration; familiarity with Ireland payroll regulations desirable.

Experience supporting HRIS/payroll transformation projects

Practical understanding of reward, benefits, and compensation processes, with experience in salary benchmarking.

Excellent attention to detail

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