Job Title: Payroll Officer Salary: Up to £35,000 base Location: Near Whiteley
We’re recruiting on behalf of a well-established, operationally complex organisation with a significant UK and international workforce. This is a hands-on payroll role with real depth and variety, ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and takes pride in accuracy.
The Package
- Salary up to £35,000 depending on experience
- 12% employer pension contribution
- Private healthcare
- Further benefits available on application
The Role
Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you’ll take end-to-end ownership of your own payroll with its own exciting complexities. You’ll also act as a key support to the wider payroll team and step up to cover the Payroll Manager when needed.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Running end-to-end payroll processing, including manual entry and file uploads from multiple data sources
- Handling all payroll transactions: new starters, leavers, salary changes, benefits, tax, salary sacrifice, deductions and accruals
- Supporting the tracking of tax positions for employees, including hypo-tax calculations
- Reconciling payroll control accounts and cost recharges
- Ensuring compliance with PAYE and overseas tax legislation, as well as internal policies
- Liaising with domestic and international stakeholders including colleagues, service providers and tax authorities
- Supporting and guiding a junior Payroll Officer
- Managing statutory reporting and auto-enrolment obligations
What We’re Looking For
- At least 2 years of full-cycle payroll experience, with a minimum of 1 year on large, complex payrolls
- Exposure to overseas tax tracking and hypo-tax calculations is a real advantage
- CIPP qualified or working towards it, or a relevant vocational payroll qualification
- Confident handling large data volumes, including imports, manipulation and foreign currency conversion
- Strong reconciliation experience and attention to detail
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- A clear communicator who can work confidently with management and international colleagues
- Calm under pressure, able to reprioritise when deadlines shift
The Person
You’re methodical, dependable and proactive. You don’t wait to be told when something looks off and you take genuine ownership of your workload. You’re equally comfortable working independently during busy periods and collaborating across teams and time zones.
Interested?
Apply now or get in touch with the team at Ferox Partners for a confidential conversation. We work with candidates at every stage and will give you a straight, honest view of the opportunity.
