Payroll & Benefits Specialist

Overview

In this role you will own the UK & Ireland payroll and benefits function for a high‑growth logistics leader. You will lead end‑to‑end payroll cycles and ensure compliance, accuracy, and timely reporting, acting as the payroll subject matter expert across the business. You will drive automation projects and partner with Finance and HR to optimise processes. You will engage stakeholders, support benefits administration, and maintain strong data governance. This is an opportunity to shape in‑house payroll operations within a global, performance‑driven culture.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work arrangement
• excellent benefits package

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Payroll: lead start-to-finish UK & Ireland monthly payroll cycles and deliver GL/journal data to Finance
• Compliance & Submissions: manage HMRC, auto-enrolment, NMW, tax updates, P60s, P11Ds, Gender Pay Gap reporting
• Benefits & Pension Ownership: lead benefit administration, enrolments/leavers, and data preparation for renewals
• Process Automation: evaluate procedures to reduce manual tasks and drive automation
• Stakeholder Engagement: act as payroll face across the business, manage shared inbox, inductions, and benefits engagement

Key requirements

• ADP iHCM2 expertise
• End-to-end UK Payroll & Benefits in-house experience
• Discretion with highly sensitive data and professional communication

• Proactive self-starter
• Collaborative
• Autonomous with deadlines
• Strong communicator
• ADP iHCM2
• Google Workspace

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