Payroll Manager - 9 month FTC

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Payroll Manager to lead payroll operations across the TPXimpact Group. You will ensure absolute accuracy, regulatory compliance, and seamless integration with our NetSuite finance system. This role requires a proactive professional who can manage accurate monthly cycles while driving process improvements and system evaluations. This role will report to the Group Financial Controller.

Responsibilities

Process monthly payroll for 3 legal entities (c.500 total employees) including starter/leaver adjustments, pension contributions, salary sacrifice, tax code changes and other adjustments

Issue payslips and timely P45s

Submit statutory returns including Full Payment Submissions (FPS) and Employer Payment Summary (EPS) to HMRC

Compile, verify, and submit annual P11DS

Partner with the finance team to ensure general ledger alignment and issue payroll journals for use in Netsuite finance system

Audit payroll outputs against HR records to identify and resolve discrepancies

Act as the primary, supportive point of contact for employee payroll questions.

Critically assess existing payroll processes to eliminate inefficiencies

Evaluate future payroll software and integration options to support company growth

Continuously maintain and update skills and knowledge, including UK tax laws, pension rules, and statutory regulations, to stay current within your relevant field of expertise.

Dimensions

Budget: N/A

Headcount: N/A

Resource complexity and nature of work teams: - medium

Work involves the consolidation of payrolls across group entities. The role focuses on managing data and coordinating with internal teams to ensure the payroll process runs smoothly.

Highly collaborative, requiring engagement with cross-functional teams across HR, Finance, Operations, and IT. Strong stakeholder engagement skills are essential to ensure accurate, compliant, and efficient payroll processes across the organisation.

Problem solving responsibility and complexity:

Responsible for solving complex, non-routine payroll issues. This includes resolving discrepancies in pay, ensuring compliance with changing legislation, and leading process improvements.

Change management requirements:

Proactive stakeholder management to ensure smooth transitions across HR, Finance, and Operations while maintaining accuracy, compliance, and employee confidence

Internal / External interactions:

Group Finance Director

Financial Controller

CFO

Finance teams

HR Operations

HR People Partner

IT

Strategic timeframe working towards:

1-3 year business plan

About You

Professional knowledge and experience

In-Depth UK Payroll Expertise: Comprehensive understanding of end-to-end UK payroll processing, legislative frameworks, and statutory compliance regulations

HMRC Compliance: Hands-on experience managing Real Time Information (RTI) submissions, including FPS/EPS, and running detailed P32 reports

Benefits & Year-End Reporting: Proven track record of managing workplace pension auto-enrolment, salary sacrifice schemes, and annual P11D submissions

Process Optimisation & System Evaluation: Demonstrable experience reviewing legacy payroll workflows, identifying inefficiencies, and researching/evaluating new software solutions for potential future migration

Technical skills

Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables)

Deep understanding of HMRC regulations, pension auto-enrolment, and P11D reporting

Experience with ZonePayroll is desirable

Excellent written and verbal communication to explain complex payroll matters to employees

PACT values

Purpose - The beating heart of our organisation - the impact we make on people, places, and the planet. Purpose is our driving force and at the core of our organisation.

Accountability - As we apply flexibility, pace and growth through our self-organisation, we are accountable to all of our stakeholders.

Craft - Craft highlights our dedication to bringing precision, problem-solving, and creativity to our work, both with our clients and internally.

Togetherness - Togetherness is ‘how’ we work - it captures the energy, fun, and user-centred approach that we embrace. It signifies the collaborative spirit we bring to our work, including people at every level and creating a sense of belonging to our teams

About Us

People-Powered Transformation

We're a purpose driven organisation, supporting organisations to build a better future for people, places and the planet. Combining vast experience in the public, private and third sectors and expertise in human-centred design, data, experience and technology, we’re creating sustainable solutions ready for an ever-evolving world.

At the heart of TPXimpact, we’re collaborative and empathetic. We’re a team of passionate people who care deeply about the work we do and the impact we have in the world. We know that change happens through people, with people and for people. That’s why we believe in people-powered transformation.

Working in close collaboration with our clients, we seek to understand their unique challenges, questioning assumptions and building in their teams the capabilities and confidence to continue learning, iterating and adapting.

Benefits Include:

30 days holiday + bank holidays

2 volunteer days for causes that you are passionate about

Maternity/paternity - 6 months Maternity Leave, 3 months Paternity Leave

Life assurance

Employer pension contribution of 5%

Health cash plan

Personal learning and development budget

Employee Assistance Programme

Green incentive programmes including Electric Vehicle Leasing and the Cycle to Work Scheme

Financial advice

Health assessments

We are committed to having a positive impact on the clients and the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from all genders, ethnicities, disabled people, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

Don’t meet 100% of the criteria? We still want to hear from you. Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.