Payroll Specialist - UK and Ireland

Job Title: Payroll Specialist - UK and Ireland Salary: £40,000 Location: London Hybrid: 3 days in office and 2 WFH.    JGA is collaborating with a fantastic, well-known brand to find a Payroll Specialist for the UK and Ireland on a permanent basis.    Responsibilities: Respond to payroll queries for Ireland and the UK, ensuring compliance with company SLA’s and managing stakeholder expectations. Complete monthly remittances accurately and on time, including correspondence with HMRC and internal auditors. Conduct auto-enrolment checks, SMP calculations, and ensure UK payroll changes comply with legislation. Validate payroll reports from the outsourced provider and research upcoming UK legislation changes for integration. Support payroll processing tasks, including managing maternity schedules, timecards, and bonus reconciliations.   About you: Experienced with time management and HR systems, possessing high analytical skills and accuracy in work. Proven ability to handle a wide range of payroll queries and maintain confidentiality while building strong relationships with stakeholders. Detail-oriented and adaptable to change, able to work quickly to meet deadlines and deliver quality service on time. Knowledgeable in UK payroll legislation, including SMP, SSP, and pensions auto-enrolment, with proven experience in a payroll team, ideally in a commercial environment with an outsourced provider. Proficient in Excel with intermediate skills and experience using various formulas. Please note - due to high application volumes, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 2 weeks. If you don't hear from us, your application was unsuccessful this time. We thank you for your interest and encourage you to apply for future opportunities.    JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.    We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist payroll, HR & Marketing recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us