Payroll Specialist (UK Payroll)

Location: London, England, United Kingdom; hybrid working with four days per week in the London office. Up to two weeks per year may be worked from anywhere.

Company

hirify.global operates across recruitment and professional services, with this role supporting the Finance function.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end UK payroll process, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time.
• Oversee outsourced payroll providers for the Netherlands and Dubai, ensuring accurate and compliant processing.
• Manage payroll data, controls, approvals, records and reconciliations across entities.
• Maintain payroll activity and employee data in HiBob/Pento and prepare payroll journals in NetSuite.
• Resolve employee and internal payroll queries involving commission, deductions, benefits and statutory payments.
• Support process improvements, month-end and year-end finance activities, reporting, audits and management information.

Requirements

• Strong experience managing an end-to-end UK payroll function.
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, reconciliations and analysis of large payroll datasets.
• Experience reviewing, documenting and improving payroll processes and controls.
• Accurate, methodical and organised approach with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Strong and current knowledge of UK payroll legislation, tax, pensions and statutory requirements.
• Ability to work with People Experience, Finance, employees and external payroll providers.

Nice to have

• Experience with HiBob/Pento payroll processes, employee data or integrations.
• Experience overseeing outsourced or multi-country payroll, particularly in the Netherlands or Dubai.
• Experience posting payroll journals in NetSuite or a similar ERP system.
• Experience managing variable pay or commission-based payroll.

Culture & Benefits

• Up to 30 days of annual leave, bank holidays, a birthday day off and a Christmas closure period.
• Two weeks per year available for working from anywhere.
• Annual company ski trip, regular team socials, performance incentives and rewards.
• Subsidised gym membership and weekly in-office massages.
• Professional mental health support and wellbeing resources.
• Enhanced maternity pay and discounted private health and dental plans.