Assistant Payroll Manager

JGA Recruitment
London
Assistant Payroll Manager

London / Colchester / Maidenhead (Hybrid)
£47,000 – £54,500
Contract: Permanent

The Role

A client-facing payroll leadership role within a professional services environment, supporting the delivery of high-quality payroll services while developing and managing a team.

You’ll oversee a portfolio of clients, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery while contributing to business growth and service improvement.

Key Responsibilities

* Oversee day-to-day payroll operations across a portfolio of clients

* Manage weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly payroll cycles

* Review payroll data to ensure accuracy and compliance

* Support and develop junior team members, including reviewing work and providing feedback

* Manage team performance, appraisals, and workload allocation

* Act as a key point of contact for client payroll queries

* Identify opportunities to enhance payroll services and support business development

* Build relationships with clients, intermediaries, and external stakeholders

* Stay up to date with payroll legislation and industry developments

The Ideal Candidate

* Strong end-to-end UK payroll experience (multi-frequency preferred)

* Experience supervising or managing a payroll team

* Background in payroll bureau or professional services environment advantageous

* Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills

* Commercial awareness with an interest in business development

* High attention to detail and strong organisational skills

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 2026-04-30

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