Payroll Specialist

As a Payroll Specialist you are responsible for managing end-to-end payroll across multiple restaurant brands, ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing, compliance with UK legislation, payroll reconciliations, reporting, and stakeholder support. It is a hands-on position within a fast-paced hospitality group, offering the opportunity to develop payroll expertise while supporting labour cost control, financial reporting, and operational teams.

Client Details

An award winning company within the leisure and hospitality industry based in London.

Description

• Process end-to-end payroll for multiple sites and brands.
• Prepare payroll inputs, including salary changes, deductions, and TRONC payments.
• Reconcile payroll against rotas and investigate variances.
• Produce weekly labour cost and payroll reports.
• Ensure payroll compliance with HMRC and UK legislation.
• Maintain payroll records, controls, and reconciliations.
• Act as the first point of contact for payroll queries.
• Liaise with HR, Operations, and external payroll providers.
• Support payroll reporting, forecasting, and labour cost analysis.
• Identify and resolve payroll issues and discrepancies.

Profile

A Successful Payroll Specialist Should Have

• 5 years payroll administration experience with end-to-end payroll processing.
• TRONC experience
• Good understanding of UK payroll legislation, including PAYE, NI, pensions, and statutory payments.
• Experience using payroll systems such as Sage, Fourth/S4, or similar.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage high volumes of data accurately.
• Confident communicator, able to liaise with employees, managers, HR, and external providers.
• Well-organised with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Job Offer

• Permanent role based in London.
• Salary between £45000 and £60000, dependent on the level of experience.
• Additional benefits available.

If you're interested in this role, apply now.

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