Payroll & Pensions Manager

Payroll & Pensions Manager

Location: Hybrid - Manchester based, travel to central London required minimum 1 day per week (expenses covered).

Salary: Up to £70,000.

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract up to October 2027, full time 37.5 hour week.

Role Overview

We're looking for an experienced Payroll & Pensions Project Manager to lead the onboarding and integration of newly acquired businesses in our Health Service Division's payroll and pension operations. This high impact role ensures data accuracy and seamless transitions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end to end project delivery for payroll and pensions integration across acquisitions.
• Take ownership of data mapping, data flows, and data integrity.
• Identify inefficiencies or broken processes and implement improved scalable solutions.
• Work with internal teams and external providers to onboard new entities into existing payroll and pension frameworks.
• Oversee compliance with payroll and pensions regulations within newly acquired businesses.
• Manage multiple workstreams to deliver projects on time, within scope, and to a high standard.
• Support the transition and administration changes of 2 defined benefit pension schemes to a new third party administrator.
• Act as key link between technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery.

Qualifications & Experience

• Proven experience managing and delivering projects end to end.
• Background in payroll or pensions with solid understanding of operations.
• Expert knowledge of payroll legislation and experience setting up new payroll entities.
• Experience working with data, data flows, and system integrations.
• Ability to identify issues and implement improvements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence to lead conversations and drive change.
• Detail focused mindset with accuracy as non negotiable.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, evolving environment with multiple priorities.

Benefits

• Viva global wellbeing programme covering mental, physical, financial, social and environmental wellbeing.
• Flexible working and family friendly benefits.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Fixed Term Benefit Allowance and Bonus.
• Enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available.
• Various other benefits and online discounts.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Bupa is a Level2 Disability Confident Employer. We aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. Reasonable adjustments are provided as part of the recruitment process. We also encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.