Portfolio Payroll are supporting a well‑established organisation who are looking for an experienced Payroll Specialist to join their Support Services team on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role within a busy, collaborative Payroll Team who provide essential support to colleagues across the Society.

About the Role

As a Payroll Specialist, you will manage the full end‑to‑end payroll process across multiple systems, ensuring colleagues are paid accurately and on time. You'll act as a trusted point of contact for payroll and pension queries, support audits, maintain GDPR compliance, and contribute to ongoing system improvements.

Key Responsibilities

Respond to payroll and pension queries, providing clear and accurate guidance Manage end‑to‑end payroll across multiple payrolls, ensuring timely and compliant processing Perform payroll checks, reconciliations, and resolve errors, warnings, and tax code updates Process starters, leavers, contractual changes, deductions, statutory payments and third‑party schedules Administer auto‑enrolment processes including assessments, opt‑ins/outs and payment reconciliations Maintain accurate payroll records and support internal/external audits Ensure GDPR and data protection compliance across all payroll activity Validate reports and calculations to ensure accurate payslips and leg...