Title: Payroll Specialist

Location: Shepherds Bush

Salary: £40,000 p/a

 

JGA are partnered with a leading international business that are seeking an experienced UK & Ireland Payroll Specialist to join their team in London.

 

You’ll be responsible for:

• Process the UK payroll accurately and timely, ensuring compliance with Revenue legislation and validating reports from outsourced providers.

• Manage payroll operations, including maternity schedules, store timecards, detail changes, bonus reconciliations, and auto-enrolment checks

• Handle communications and queries for UK and Ireland payroll, maintaining company SLAs and managing stakeholder expectations.

• Complete monthly remittances (statistics, government surveys, pensions) and correspond with HMRC and internal auditors.

• Support the Payroll Manager with projects, escalations, and research on upcoming UK legislation changes for incorporation into payroll processes.

 

What You’ll Need:

• Proven experience in large-scale payroll processing (1000+), preferably in mixed hourly/salaried environments with outsourced providers.

• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, including SMP, SSP, pensions auto-enrolment, and average holiday pay calculations.

• Proficiency in Excel and experience with time management and HR systems (e.g., Workday)

• Excellent analytical, decision-making, and adaptability skills, with a focus on accuracy, confidentiality, and meeting deadlines.

• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities, coupled with efficient time management and a commitment to delivering high-quality service.

 

Interested? – Apply today!

 

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd (“We”) are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

 

We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist payroll, HR & Reward recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

 

Reference: GS1