Your new company

Hays client is a leading provider of global outsourcing and payroll services, supporting UK and international clients with their accounting, compliance, and payroll obligations. Through a centrally coordinated model and dedicated specialist teams, they help businesses stay compliant while focusing on their core operations, all within a supportive and people-focused culture.

Your new role

• Leading global payroll implementation projects
• Acting as a key client contact throughout the project lifecycle
• Coordinating UK, shared service, and in‑country payroll teams
• Managing project plans, milestones, risks, and issue resolution
• Supporting system configuration, UAT, and training
• Ensuring a smooth transition to BAU payroll teams

What you'll need to succeed

• At least 5 years’ payroll experience, including implementation of new and complex client payrolls
• Excellent organisation, administration and planning skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Fluency in IT applications e.g. Microsoft Office and related platforms
• Attention to detail and numeric skills
• Ability to work well within a multicultural team
• Ability to work independently, prioritise and manage multiple deliverables in addition to day-to-day activities.
• Flexibility and a willingness to undertake additional tasks, as required
• Experience of working with project environments, and knowledge of project documentation (RAID, RACI etc)

• Knowledge of international payroll & compensation, social security and tax issues is preferable.
• CIPP or equivalent qualification an advantage
• Languages useful, but not necessary

What you'll get in return

What you need to do now

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