Payroll Manager/Supervisor
£60,000 / Newcastle upon Tyne / Oct 16, 2025
One of the North’s leading firms of chartered accountants and business advisors employing c.1,000 staff across several offices, is looking to recruit a Payroll Manager or Supervisor to its Newcastle office to deliver high quality and timely payroll services to a portfolio of clients ranging in size and complexity.
You will be part of a team managing a portfolio of new and existing clients, with responsibility for the delivery and implementation of payroll services to a high standard, with high levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
Your key responsibilities as Payroll Manager/Supervisor will include:
- End-to-end payroll process delivery for a portfolio of clients, ensuring that the payrolls are processed and submitted each pay period in a timely and accurate manner
- Advising on any technical payroll matters arising, such as termination payments, payrolling of benefits and statutory payments
- Dealing with client and team queries in relation to payroll operations, including handling escalations
- Managing team workloads and allocations, providing counselling including annual and in-year reviews
- Preparing client fee and budget details
- Approving BACS files for the payment of employees
- Auto-Enrolment compliance
- Set up and attending client meetings when required
- Developing additional services for payroll clients
- Ensuring the smooth transition/implementation of new payroll clients - effective procedures for the setup of internal and external systems, tools and processes
- HMRC audit assistance and ensuring compliance with internal quality and risk requirements
As Payroll Manager/Supervisor, you will need:
- Strong, end-to-end experience as Payroll Manager, Payroll Delivery Manager, Payroll Supervisor, Payroll Controller, Senior Payroll Officer or similar – ideally gained in a UK bureau environment or handling larger/more complex payrolls
- Payroll qualifications e.g. Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) advantageous
- Expertise in understanding payroll compliance, rules and legislations in a multi-country environment, in addition to AE, RTI, Apprenticeship Levy, Statutory payments/deductions, Pension contributions and so on
- Understanding of related processes that impact Payroll
- Strong workload, project, time and stakeholder management skills
- Good IT skills including experience of working with Excel documents
- An assertive, proactive, flexible, service-driven, innovative and cooperative approach to delivery with desire to take on responsibility
- Excellent communication skills
Rewards and benefits:
- Salary £40,000 - £60,000 + excellent benefits package
- Full time
- Permanent role
- Excellent training, support and career development opportunities
- Attractive city centre office and flexible working
Please note:
- To secure maximum pay/rewards, you must possess all outlined experience, skills, knowledge and relevant qualifications.
- High levels of interest mean we will only contact you if your application is shortlisted and this will happen within five working days.
- Candidates must have the right to work in the UK permanently and without any restrictions – there is no visa sponsorship on offer for this role.