Top Payroll Jobs in Glasgow

Manage international payroll operations for the UK, Spain, and expanding EU countries. Responsibilities include payroll processing, equity and ESPP taxation, garnishments, compliance audits, month-end close, year-end reporting, employee support, and coordination with People Operations, Finance, Legal, Tax, and external providers. The role also supports payroll system processes, financial statement audits, and continuous process improvements.

Own and reconcile multiple UK and expatriate payrolls, ensuring accurate processing, statutory compliance, tax reporting, pension payments, and year-end submissions. Liaise with payroll providers, tax authorities, Finance, HR, and benefits teams; resolve employee queries; support audits and payroll improvement projects; and process equity awards and expatriate tax requirements. Coach junior payroll staff and prepare payroll reports, statutory returns, and A1 certificate applications.

Manage the end-to-end monthly UK payroll cycle and pension administration, including amendments, retroactive calculations, validation, submissions, audits, employee queries, pensioner payments, bereavement cases, and HMRC reporting. The role ensures compliance with payroll legislation and organisational policies, supports the People Coordinator, liaises with Finance and SPPA, maintains confidential records, and identifies process improvements. This is a part-time, 12-month fixed-term position.

Manage payroll implementations for schools and Multi-Academy Trusts, including parallel payroll runs, detailed YTD reconciliations, data validation, system audits, compliance checks, and discrepancy resolution. The role ensures accurate payroll builds, adherence to UK payroll and pension legislation, and effective operational handover. Responsibilities also include maintaining system frameworks, preparing reconciliation documentation and payroll journals, supporting stakeholders, and following UK GDPR and information security protocols.

Manage payroll service delivery for a portfolio of SME clients, ensuring accurate, timely processing and strong client satisfaction. Lead and develop Client Success Specialists, coordinate outsourced payroll activities, manage workloads and escalations, monitor service performance, and drive process improvements. Maintain payroll legislation knowledge, support onboarding and client reviews, identify service risks, contribute to retention and business development, and collaborate with internal teams to deliver efficient, compliant payroll services.

Leads UK payroll administrators and manages a portfolio of payrolls, ensuring accurate, compliant, timely delivery. Responsibilities include resolving complex queries, allocating workloads, coaching team members, leading client governance meetings, reviewing payrolls and reports, monitoring KPIs and SLAs, mitigating risks, and driving process improvements and system implementations.

Coordinate and process multi-country European payroll, especially for Belgium and Nordic countries. Manage payroll inputs, adjustments, terminations, deductions, garnishments, reconciliations, reporting, audits, and employee inquiries. Partner with HR, Finance, payroll vendors, and the Regional Payroll Manager to ensure accurate and timely payroll delivery. Support vendor consolidation, payroll implementations, dashboard improvements, process harmonization, and operational efficiency initiatives.

Own payroll accounting operations across multiple markets, including processing, reconciliations, compliance, reporting, and month-end and quarter-end close activities. Develop accounting policies, internal controls, and scalable process improvements; support automation and financial systems implementations; collaborate with auditors and cross-functional teams; and assist with employee equity grant processing. The role requires strong payroll accounting expertise, technical accounting knowledge, analytical ability, and experience in high-growth or public-company environments.

Processes and validates payroll across NA, APAC, EMEA, and ANZ regions. Reviews timekeeping records, payroll registers, deductions, garnishments, direct deposits, special payments, and compliance documentation. Supports employees with time and attendance systems, coordinates with third-party payroll providers, prepares management reports, and contributes to payroll process standardization. Roles range from Analyst to Supervisor and leadership levels.

Manage end-to-end payroll processing for India, validating inputs, preparing MIS reports, coordinating payments and statutory compliance, reconciling payroll with Finance, resolving discrepancies, supporting audits, maintaining confidential records, and improving payroll systems and processes.

The Junior Payroll Purser assists with payroll processing, cash management, foreign currency exchange, and time and attendance audits aboard Celebrity Cruises ships.

Process payroll for hospitality clients, manage payroll inbox queries, maintain compliant payroll records, escalate complex issues, and support ad hoc payroll tasks and projects.

Lead creation and growth of Namos' Oracle Payroll Bureau managed services across the UK and Ireland. Own strategy, P&L, service delivery, client success, recruitment and scaling of high-performing teams. Drive operational excellence, compliance with UK payroll legislation (HMRC, RTI), pension administration, payments controls, data security, and business continuity while developing recurring revenue payroll offerings.