Payroll Transformation Lead

Payroll Transformation Lead Location: Wimbledon Salary: £45K - £52K Fixed-Term Contract 9 Months Full Time Benefits

• Opportunity to lead a high-profile payroll transformation programme
• Work with key stakeholders across HR, Payroll and wider business functions
• Play a pivotal role in delivering organisational change
• Supportive and collaborative working environment
• Immediate start available

The Role

As Payroll Transformation Lead, you will lead the transition to a new HR and Payroll platform, working closely with payroll, HR and key stakeholder groups to ensure a smooth implementation with minimal disruption to business operations.

You will be responsible for establishing strong governance, maintaining data integrity, managing project delivery and ensuring payroll processes are fully compliant throughout the transformation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the discovery and analysis phase of the payroll transformation programme
• Review and design payroll processes, workflows and system configurations
• Support system implementation, migration and optimisation activities
• Coordinate testing activities, including UAT and quality assurance processes
• Ensure payroll data accuracy and integrity throughout the project lifecycle
• Drive stakeholder engagement and effective change management initiatives
• Provide regular project updates, reporting and governance oversight
• Ensure compliance with payroll legislation, statutory requirements and HMRC regulations
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues and dependencies
• Support training and adoption of new processes and systems

Requirements:

• Significant experience leading payroll transformation projects and HR/payroll system implementations
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, statutory payments, pensions, reconciliations and HMRC compliance
• Experience working with HR and payroll platforms such as MHR, iTrent, SAP, Workday or Oracle
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience mapping processes and designing efficient payroll workflows
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• The ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and manage competing priorities