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    Payroll Team Leader

    Accounting
    JGA Recruitment
    Norfolk, Diss
    Permanent
    Competitive
    On-Site

    Job Description

    Payroll Team Leader

    Location: Diss, Norfolk Hybrid: 3 days office / 2 days home Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

    The Role

    An opportunity for an experienced payroll professional to lead a UK Payroll Administration team, overseeing accurate and timely end-to-end payroll delivery within a large, fast-paced organisation.

    Alongside managing the team, you ll take ownership of complex payroll queries, compliance and reporting while playing a key role in process improvements, systems projects and payroll transformation.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Lead, coach and develop the UK payroll team.

    • Oversee accurate end-to-end UK payroll processing.

    • Resolve complex payroll and employee queries.

    • Ensure compliance with HMRC legislation, RTI, pensions and GDPR.

    • Produce payroll reports and maintain strong controls.

    • Partner with HR, Finance and other key stakeholders.

    • Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes and systems.

    • Lead payroll projects including system upgrades and policy changes.

    • Support payroll integration during mergers and acquisitions.

    • Act as a key contact for internal and external audits.

    Ideal Candidate

    • Previous payroll team leadership/management experience is essential.

    • Strong end-to-end UK payroll experience, ideally within a high-volume environment.

    • Up-to-date knowledge of UK payroll legislation and compliance.

    • Process improvement, payroll project or systems experience highly desirable.

    • Strong Excel and general Microsoft Office skills.

    • Confident managing complex payroll queries and senior stakeholders.

    • Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.

    • Able to commute to Diss three days per week.

    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.

    Posted on October 4, 2026

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