Payroll & HR Specialist

Company: Hays
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

Overview

In this newly created role you will lead payroll operations across multiple entities, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery. You will own the end-to-end payroll process and act as the trusted go-to person for managers and employees. You will also gain exposure to the wider people function, driving process improvements and system enhancements. This is a role focused on ownership, credibility and making a measurable impact on payroll quality and data integrity.

Pay / Benefits

  • Hybrid working pattern
  • Private family healthcare
  • Discretionary bonus
  • Wellbeing benefits

Responsibilities

  • Manage payroll activities across multiple entities
  • Validate payroll data, check accuracy and resolve discrepancies
  • Calculate statutory payments including maternity and sickness
  • Produce payroll reports and analyse people data
  • Work with Excel and large datasets
  • Support employee lifecycle administration and documentation
  • Enhance processes, systems and ways of working
  • Contribute to rollout and development of a new people system
  • Build trusted relationships across the business

Key requirements

  • End-to-end payroll experience
  • Strong payroll checking and validation skills
  • Advanced Excel capability
  • Experience managing multiple payrolls, companies or entities
  • Confidence with payroll systems and HR platforms
  • Proactive approach and continuous improvement mindset
  • Ability to work independently and take ownership
  • Experience supporting HR administration (advantageous)
  • proactive attitude
  • ownership
  • attention to detail
  • Advanced Excel
  • Payroll systems
  • HR platforms

Posted: September 14th, 2026