Top Payroll Jobs in Bristol

Manage end-to-end multi-country EMEA payroll processing, including gross-to-net calculations, reconciliations, statutory compliance, year-end activities, vendor coordination, HRIS integrations, employee queries, payroll accounting, payments, audits, and process improvement. The role partners with ADP and in-country providers, supports payroll projects and integrations, and maintains controls, documentation, and reporting accuracy across multiple jurisdictions.

Own the UK Payroll product roadmap, from requirements and prioritization through development, QA, UAT, beta, and launch. Collaborate with Engineering, Product Design, Sales, and Client Success to deliver impactful customer-facing features. Use user research, data, market trends, and client feedback to guide decisions, track product success metrics, and support growth, retention, compliance, and user experience improvements.

Process payroll inputs across multiple regions, maintain payroll data integrity, support statutory reporting and pension processing, resolve discrepancies with internal stakeholders, ensure compliance, and help develop efficient automated payroll workflows.

Own end-to-end payroll for UK, ROI, Switzerland and the Netherlands, handling processing, joiners/leavers, statutory reporting, reconciliations, month-end analysis, payroll reporting, and stakeholder coordination to improve processes and compliance.

Oversee end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring accurate and timely processing, legal and tax compliance, confidentiality, and secure handling of employee data. Supervise and develop a Payroll Specialist, maintain employee records, process adjustments and garnishments, validate service charges and gratuities, prepare payroll reports and reconciliations, and support labor budgeting and forecasting. Partner with Human Resources, Finance, and department managers while administering payroll activities through Workday HCM.

Coordinate and process multi-country European payroll, especially for Belgium and Nordic countries. Manage payroll inputs, adjustments, terminations, deductions, garnishments, reconciliations, reporting, audits, and employee inquiries. Partner with HR, Finance, payroll vendors, and the Regional Payroll Manager to ensure accurate and timely payroll delivery. Support vendor consolidation, payroll implementations, dashboard improvements, process harmonization, and operational efficiency initiatives.

Administer pension activities across payroll cycles for assigned customers, including contribution calculations, statutory returns, year-end updates, compliance, audits, system testing, and customer queries. The role maintains processing documentation, supports scheme implementations, builds customer relationships, and ensures accurate, timely service delivery while protecting confidential data.

Own payroll accounting operations across multiple markets, including processing, reconciliations, compliance, reporting, and month-end and quarter-end close activities. Develop accounting policies, internal controls, and scalable process improvements; support automation and financial systems implementations; collaborate with auditors and cross-functional teams; and assist with employee equity grant processing. The role requires strong payroll accounting expertise, technical accounting knowledge, analytical ability, and experience in high-growth or public-company environments.

Processes and validates payroll across NA, APAC, EMEA, and ANZ regions. Reviews timekeeping records, payroll registers, deductions, garnishments, direct deposits, special payments, and compliance documentation. Supports employees with time and attendance systems, coordinates with third-party payroll providers, prepares management reports, and contributes to payroll process standardization. Roles range from Analyst to Supervisor and leadership levels.

Process monthly payroll for more than 350 UK and Ireland employees, including salary adjustments, starters, leavers, contract changes, tax documents, statutory sick payments, timesheets, overtime, pensions, and other deductions. Manage payroll records and inboxes, respond to employee pay queries, liaise across the business, maintain documentation, and complete related administrative duties during the monthly pay period.

Process accurate, compliant end-to-end payrolls for a portfolio of education-sector clients. Serve as the primary contact for payroll enquiries, resolve discrepancies, produce reports, maintain confidential data, collaborate with internal teams, and improve payroll processes. The role requires UK payroll legislation knowledge, strong customer service, excellent organisation, attention to detail, payroll-system and Excel experience, and ideally IRIS Payroll, Earnie, or CIPP qualification experience.

Leads complex Oracle HCM payroll implementations, designing end-to-end UK payroll solutions and integrating HCM modules. Mentors consultants, facilitates business process architecture workshops, supports testing and Payroll Preview Report processes, advises clients, tracks Oracle releases, collaborates with delivery teams, and contributes to pre-sales demonstrations and proposals.

Manage end-to-end payroll processing for India, validating inputs, preparing MIS reports, coordinating payments and statutory compliance, reconciling payroll with Finance, resolving discrepancies, supporting audits, maintaining confidential records, and improving payroll systems and processes.

Lead global payroll operations, transformation initiatives, technology implementations, and large multinational client implementations. Manage senior client and alliance relationships, operational KPIs, SLAs, data validation, reconciliations, compliance, vendor performance, and process automation. Provide mobility analytics and support year-end reporting while mentoring geographically distributed teams and contributing to business development and service expansion.

Process UK and US payroll, manage payroll journals and employee expenses, reconcile payroll-related balance sheet accounts, handle benefits and statutory payments, calculate VAT and group accruals, and support finance system improvements and special projects. The role requires multi-currency accounting knowledge, familiarity with Employer-of-Record arrangements and NetSuite, and effective collaboration with global stakeholders.

Leads EMEA payroll operations across multiple countries, ensuring accurate, compliant, consistent delivery through external partners. Manages distributed payroll teams and managers, oversees escalations, mitigates operational risks, strengthens controls, monitors performance metrics, drives standardization and continuous improvement, and collaborates with Finance, Contracts, Payments, employees, clients, and delivery partners.

Implement and configure enterprise-scale Workday Payroll solutions for global customers. Gather requirements, design aligned solutions, manage workloads independently, collaborate with delivery teams, support junior consultants, and deliver consulting and application management services within agreed SLAs. Build customer relationships, communicate effectively, maintain quality and confidentiality, improve tools and processes, and support customer-site engagements with minimal travel.

Own the Global Payroll and Employer of Record product line, including roadmap, customer discovery, prioritization, cross-functional execution, internal tooling, and applied AI. Lead payroll product strategy across countries and engines, translate customer and operational feedback into direction, and scale a product team of two to three PMs. Partner globally with engineering, design, sales, customer success, and operations while reporting directly to the CEO.

This role involves providing legal counsel for product compliance, specifically for HRIS and AI products, while managing cross-jurisdictional legal issues and relationships with external counsel.

Lead global payroll strategy and a multi-year transformation to standardize, automate and consolidate vendors. Build and manage a global payroll team, own payroll operations, governance, controls and compliance across multiple jurisdictions, drive Workday integration and automation, manage stakeholder relationships, and act as senior escalation for payroll risks and audits.

Serve as the SAP UK Payroll functional expert, analysing UK legislative changes, designing functional solutions, configuring SAP HCM Payroll, producing functional specifications, validating and testing payroll deliverables, and advising Public Sector customers. Work with development and QA teams in Agile delivery, mentor colleagues on payroll testing, and support complex payroll scenarios including RTI, multiple employment, sequencing, and backdated pay awards.

Coordinate group payroll processes across UK and rest-of-world, liaise with Global Mobility, P&C and outsourced providers, handle payroll queries and calculations, prepare journals for Oracle, update payroll procedures, and support meetings and implementation.

Manage accurate, timely payroll processing for European countries, ensuring compliance with local labor and tax laws. Validate timecards, audit payroll registers, resolve discrepancies, support T&A training, create SOPs, implement payroll policies, and lead process improvement projects while partnering with stakeholders to address payroll inquiries.

The Junior Payroll Purser assists with payroll processing, cash management, foreign currency exchange, and time and attendance audits aboard Celebrity Cruises ships.

Lead and manage APAC payroll and HR operations, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll cycles. Oversee multi-country teams and third-party vendors, implement SOPs and controls, drive continuous improvement, report on SLAs/metrics, support audits, and develop staff performance and processes across the region.