Senior Payroll Specialist with SAP support - FTC until 31st Oct 2026
- Havant, Hampshire
- Contract
- Full-time
- Strong experience in full-cycle, insourced UK payroll operations.
- Hands-on expertise with SAP SuccessFactors and Employee Central Payroll (ECP).
- Familiarity with Payroll Control Centre (PCC) operations and troubleshooting.
- Deep understanding of UK payroll legislation and statutory payments.
- High attention to detail with strong analytical and Excel skills (e.g., VLOOKUPs, pivot tables).
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; able to guide and support colleagues.
- Able to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and work independently.
- Confident presenting to stakeholders and providing payroll training.
- Experience using Oracle payroll systems.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
- Typically 6+ years of payroll experience (or 4+ years with a Master's degree).
You will support and oversee the accurate and timely processing of our in-house UK payrolls (Oracle-based), ensuring full compliance with internal controls and statutory regulations.
- Process and validate payroll inputs, including new starters, leavers, statutory payments (SMP, SSP, SPP, etc.), tax, NI, pensions, and pay adjustments.
- Conduct secondary reviews to ensure accuracy and provide guidance to less experienced team members.
- Manage off-cycle and arrears payments in line with payroll calendars.
- Handle complex payroll queries and anomalies, including gross-to-net manual calculations and HMRC queries.
- Lead year-end activities such as P60s, P11Ds, and PAYE Settlement Agreements.
- Support audit readiness and maintain accurate payroll records in line with legal requirements.
- Work closely with HR, Finance, and external providers (e.g., pension schemes).
- Assist in payroll reporting, training delivery, and process improvement initiatives.
- Contribute to the UK Payroll Scorecard and stock vesting activities.
You'll work as part of the project team supporting the implementation of SAP SuccessFactors and Employee Central Payroll (ECP), ensuring payroll accuracy and continuity throughout the transition.
- Assist in testing activities including script development, end-to-end testing, defect logging, and resolution.
- Support data migration by validating conversion data and conducting pay comparisons.
- Use the Payroll Control Centre (PCC) to execute payroll runs, validate master data, and resolve errors.
- Work with consultants to align system configuration to business requirements.
- Create training materials and deliver demonstrations to internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate with workstreams (e.g., wage types, compliance) to ensure project success.
- Participate in project meetings, provide feedback, and support go-live readiness.
We are an employer in support of and offering Flexible working with the option to also work a 4 day week depending on business requirements, where you have the option of Fridays off. We offer Competitive salaries alongside a flexible holiday entitlement.
We have a Wealth of benefits available to you that can be selected through our wellbeing tool upon commencement of employment. Just a few of our amazing benefits are shown below:
- Private Medical Insurance
- Competitive Pension
- Dental
- Critical Illness
- Life Assurance
- Travel Insurance
- Employee discounts for top high street shops
- Employee Assistance Program which includes free face to face counseling sessions, Legal advice, Financial advice, etc
- Internal training and development alongside our Education assistance programmes
- Reimbursement for a professional membership
- Competitive policies that support flexibility and family leave inclusive of enhanced maternity leave