£80,000 to £90,000

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

London | Hybrid Working

An established, high profile professional services business is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to lead its UK payroll function on a 12 month fixed term contract.

This is a senior position with responsibility for overseeing a complex, high volume payroll operation, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time, while maintaining robust controls, compliance and operational efficiency.

The Role:

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you will take full ownership of the end to end UK monthly payroll, leading a team of five payroll specialists and working closely with senior stakeholders across Finance, HR, Reward and IT.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the end to end UK monthly payroll for over 3,000 employees across seven pay groups, ensuring accurate and timely processing.
• Leading monthly payroll reconciliations, validation checks, exception reporting and payment processes.
• Ensuring compliance with payroll legislation, tax regulations, pension requirements and internal policies.
• Managing payroll controls, governance, audit requirements and statutory reporting.
• Overseeing pension auto enrolment, statutory deductions, bonus payments and annual remuneration reviews.
• Acting as the business lead for payroll systems, including SAP and Workday, ensuring effective utilisation and compliant processes.
• Driving process improvement, automation and reporting enhancements to improve payroll accuracy and efficiency.
• Managing relationships with external providers, software vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Leading, developing and supporting the payroll team, ensuring deadlines and service standards are consistently met.

About You:

You will have significant experience managing end to end payroll within a medium to large corporate environment, ideally within a complex, multi stakeholder organisation.

You will also demonstrate:

• Strong practical experience with SAP Payroll and Workday, or equivalent enterprise payroll and HR systems.
• A thorough understanding of UK payroll legislation, taxation, pensions, benefits and compliance.
• Experience leading payroll transformation, system implementation or process improvement initiatives.
• Proven ability to manage and develop a payroll team.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and communicate effectively at senior level.
• Excellent analytical skills, with a strong focus on accuracy, controls and continuous improvement.
• A current CIPP qualification or equivalent professional payroll qualification.

What's on Offer:

• Salary of £80,000 to £90,000.
• 12 month fixed term contract.
• Senior payroll leadership role within a large, established business.
• Opportunity to lead a sizeable payroll operation and drive process and systems improvements.
• Hybrid working, with dynamic working arrangements available.

£30,000 to £36,000 | Birmingham | Hybrid working (2 days in the office, 3 from home)

An established professional services business is looking to appoint a Credit Controller to join its central Finance team.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of an allocated ledger, drive cash collection and support the business in maintaining strong cash flow, while building effective relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.

The Role

Reporting to the Credit Manager, you will be responsible for managing outstanding debt, resolving payment issues and ensuring customer accounts are maintained accurately and in line with agreed payment terms.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the end to end collection of outstanding debt across an allocated ledger, ensuring payments are received within agreed terms.
• Proactively monitoring aged debt, reducing overdue balances and escalating high risk accounts where appropriate.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders to support timely payment and effective query resolution.
• Investigating and resolving invoice, purchase order and billing disputes to remove barriers to payment.
• Working with senior stakeholders to highlight collection issues, agree action plans and drive outstanding balances through to resolution.
• Providing regular updates on collection performance, aged debt and potential bad debt exposure.
• Supporting accurate account management, cash allocation, reporting and forecasting.
• Identifying opportunities to improve credit control processes and collection performance.

About You

You will have proven experience in credit control and debt collection, with a track record of managing outstanding debt and achieving cash collection targets.

You will also demonstrate:

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build productive relationships at all levels.
• Experience investigating and resolving invoice, PO and billing disputes.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy when reconciling accounts and maintaining customer records.
• Strong Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and PivotTables, to support debt analysis and reporting.
• A proactive and organised approach, with the confidence to manage competing priorities and take ownership of collection activity.

What's on Offer

• Salary of £30,000 to £36,000, depending on experience.
• Hybrid working, with 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.
• The opportunity to join an established Finance team within a professional services environment.
• A varied role with ownership of a ledger and regular interaction with key stakeholders.

£30,000 to £36,000 | London | Hybrid working (2 days in the office, 3 from home)

An established professional services business is looking to appoint a Credit Controller to join its central Finance team.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of an allocated ledger, drive cash collection and support the business in maintaining strong cash flow, while building effective relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.

The Role:

Reporting to the Credit Manager, you will be responsible for managing outstanding debt, resolving payment issues and ensuring customer accounts are maintained accurately and in line with agreed payment terms.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the end to end collection of outstanding debt across an allocated ledger, ensuring payments are received within agreed terms.
• Proactively monitoring aged debt, reducing overdue balances and escalating high risk accounts where appropriate.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders to support timely payment and effective query resolution.
• Investigating and resolving invoice, purchase order and billing disputes to remove barriers to payment.
• Working with senior stakeholders to highlight collection issues, agree action plans and drive outstanding balances through to resolution.
• Providing regular updates on collection performance, aged debt and potential bad debt exposure.
• Supporting accurate account management, cash allocation, reporting and forecasting.
• Identifying opportunities to improve credit control processes and collection performance.

About You:

You will have proven experience in credit control and debt collection, with a track record of managing outstanding debt and achieving cash collection targets.

You will also demonstrate:

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build productive relationships at all levels.
• Experience investigating and resolving invoice, PO and billing disputes.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy when reconciling accounts and maintaining customer records.
• Strong Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and PivotTables, to support debt analysis and reporting.
• A proactive and organised approach, with the confidence to manage competing priorities and take ownership of collection activity.

What's on Offer:

• Salary of £30,000 to £36,000, depending on experience.
• Hybrid working, with 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.
• The opportunity to join an established Finance team within a professional services environment.
• A varied role with ownership of a ledger and regular interaction with key stakeholders.

Are you a problem solver who thrives in a fast paced environment? Do you have the expertise and confidence to challenge the status quo and drive meaningful change? This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic finance team at a pivotal moment, shaping the future of financial systems and processes to support the next phase of business growth.

The Role:

As a Finance Business Systems Analyst, you will play a crucial role in enhancing finance systems, driving efficiency, and delivering high quality change. Working closely with Finance, IT and business units, you will bridge the gap between business needs and technology, ensuring systems are optimised to support financial planning, reporting and decision making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead improvements in finance business applications, ensuring alignment with strategic goals
• Maintain and enhance monthly finance system processes to support key operations
• Drive automation, process optimisation, and system performance improvements
• Translate business requirements into clear IT specifications
• Keep up to date with emerging finance technologies and best practices
• Support finance teams with system enhancements, ensuring efficiency and control
• Provide expert knowledge on finance systems for broader business projects

What You Need:

• Strong technical expertise in Oracle Cloud Solutions, particularly Fusion ERP and EPM (EPBCS, PCMCS, FCCS, TRCS, ARCS)
• Experience with Power BI and other data analysis tools to extract insights from large datasets
• Accounting or finance background, with experience in Financial Planning & Analysis
• Solid understanding of financial processes and accounting principles
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders across Finance and IT
• A proactive mindset with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities

Why Join?

This is a chance to take ownership of finance systems in a fast moving environment, playing a key role in shaping the future of finance technology. If you are ambitious, solutions driven and eager to make an impact, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now and be part of a team driving real change in finance systems and operations.