Senior Payroll Specialist
Senior Payroll Specialist
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Job Description
Were Gravita: the accountants fuelling ambitious businesses. Were a full service techenabled firm working with entrepreneurs and businesses to help them achieve their goals and make an impact in the world.
Were growing fast and are bringing likeminded advisors together to form a fullservice techenabled accounting partner for thousands of SMEs. Our team use their incredible expertise alongside intuitive technology to help businesses and entrepreneurs plan better and grow faster.
Our mission is to become the UKs leading techenabled accounting firm for SMEs. We have ambitious goals and our highcalibre team work hard to achieve them. We are one team with one agenda working collaboratively in a respectful environment to deliver a great service to our clients. So if you join us youll not only be working on exciting client challenges youll also be helping us shape the future of accounting.
The Role
Were looking for an experienced and detailoriented Senior Payroll Specialist to take full ownership of our payroll operations. This role is critical to ensuring our people are paid accurately and on time while maintaining compliance supporting pension administration and helping us scale our processes as we grow.
This is a standalone role so youll need to be comfortable managing the entire payroll cycle independently while driving continuous improvement especially in areas like process controls data integrity and reporting accuracy.
Youll lead the endtoend payroll process and have the opportunity to influence and improve how we run payroll pensions and benefits at scale. As we grow theres potential for the right person to build and manage a small payroll and benefits team and take on ownership of our flexible benefits offering.
Key Responsibilities:
Payroll Operations
- Own the endtoend payroll process across multiple entities and pay cycles
- Prepare reconcile and submit monthly payroll data
- Manage statutory payments deductions and yearend processes (P60s P11Ds etc.)
- Liaise with HMRC to ensure all compliance requirements are met
- Work closely with Finance to support monthly reporting and audit requirements
Pensions & Benefits
- Manage pension administration autoenrolment and compliance
- Support benefit scheme administration (private medical cycle to work EAP etc.)
- Liaise with providers and brokers to ensure smooth renewals and employee onboarding
- Provide accurate benefit reporting and support employee queries
Compliance & Reporting
- Ensure full compliance with HMRC legislation payroll audits and statutory filings
- Maintain accurate payroll and benefits records
- Produce reports and insights for internal stakeholders and auditors
- Continuously review and improve controls and documentation
Continuous Improvement
- Work with the People Ops and Finance teams to optimise payroll systems and processes (e.g. PayFit HiBob)
- Contribute to crossfunctional projects to enhance operational efficiency
- Identify and implement improvements to employee experience around pay and benefits
Qualifications Knowledge & Experience:
- Proven experience managing endtoend payroll in a growing business
- Strong understanding of UK payroll legislation and pension compliance
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage sensitive data confidentially
- Experience with payroll systems (e.g. PayFit ADP or similar) and HR platforms (e.g. HiBob)
- Strong Excel and reporting skills
- A proactive processminded professional who thrives in a fastmoving environment
- Bonus: Experience managing benefits programmes or interest in stepping into this space
The Opportunity:
- Shape and lead the future payroll and benefits function
- Take ownership of our flexible benefits offering
- Build and manage a team as teh business expands further
Your Career with Gravita:
When you join Gravita well support you on your own growth journey. We want to be the place you learn grow and unlock your true potential.
Well work with you to build a progression plan to outline how youll grow at our company and everything well do to help you get there. Were also passionate about learning and development to help you focus on your future.
The Nitty Gritty
- Our standard working week is a 37.5hour week on a hybrid basis (with up to 50% of your time across the month home based and the other 50% office based)
- Core working hours are 10am 4pm Monday to Friday
- Flexible working and happy employees are at the top of our list here at Gravita and we have been working hard to support our teams through the fastpaced changes.
- Its a busy fastpaced environment here at Gravita. Feel free to check out our social media channels (Instagram X LinkedIn and Glassdoor).
Employment Type
Full Time
