Payroll Specialist - London (Fintech)

Location: London, United Kingdom; hybrid. Candidates must have the right to work in the jurisdiction where they work.

Company

hirify.global is a B2B financial services provider offering global payments, foreign exchange, treasury management, and finance reconciliation services across EMEA, APAC, and North America.

What you will do

• Run end-to-end monthly and other payroll cycles across all operating locations, including data collection, payments, payslips, starters, leavers, pay changes, bonuses, commissions, equity-related payments, deductions, corrections, and reimbursements.
• Manage external payroll providers, bureaus, local accountants, statutory filings, year-end returns, and tax authority submissions across multiple jurisdictions.
• Perform payroll checks, variance analysis, journals, accruals, reconciliations, month-end and year-end close support, reporting, forecasting, audits, and tax authority responses.
• Maintain accurate HRIS and payroll data, own system integration, document controls and policies, protect confidential employee data, and ensure GDPR and local data protection compliance.
• Support payroll process automation and improvement while answering employee, manager, and People Partner questions about pay, tax codes, pensions, payslips, and employment changes.

Requirements

• 4–6 years of payroll experience, ideally running full-cycle payroll in a growing business.
• Strong working knowledge of payroll legislation, tax, and statutory deductions in relevant jurisdictions.
• Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills, including reconciliation and analysis of large data sets.
• Experience with HRIS and payroll systems such as ADP, Papaya Global, Deel, Xero, Sage, or BambooHR.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a record of accuracy under tight deadlines.
• Strong judgment and discretion when handling confidential data.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to explain pay topics simply.
• Accurate, methodical, reliable, accountable, discreet, ethical, collaborative, and comfortable working to fixed deadlines.

Nice to have

• Experience managing multi-country payroll through external providers.
• Experience in fintech, technology, or a high-growth environment.
• Experience with equity, share option, and bonus payroll processing.
• Understanding of payroll accounting and journals.
• CIPP, CIPD, or equivalent payroll qualification.
• Experience with payroll audits and internal controls.

Culture & Benefits

• Agile and flexible working culture in a growing global startup with bases across multiple countries.
• Inclusive work environment and equal opportunities commitment.
• Accommodations can be discussed during the recruitment process.

Hiring process

• Applicants must be eligible to work in the jurisdiction where they will work.