Delivery Manager – UK Payroll

Location: Chennai
Experience: 12–15 Years
Shift: 12:30 PM IST to 11:30 PM IST
Work Schedule: Candidates should be comfortable with night and rotational shifts as required.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Delivery Manager – UK Payroll to lead large-scale payroll operations and ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery. The role requires strong expertise in end-to-end UK Payroll, statutory compliance, client management, vendor management, and people leadership . The candidate will manage multi-country payroll operations, senior client stakeholders, payroll vendors, audits, transitions, and continuous process improvements.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage end-to-end UK Payroll , covering Source to Gross, Gross to Net, Net to Disbursement, and GL processes.

- Ensure compliance with UK payroll regulations and statutory requirements , including HMRC requirements.

- Manage multi-country payroll operations in a vendor/partner-based environment, with UK Payroll experience mandatory .

- Manage payroll vendors and ensure accurate and timely payroll processing.

- Coordinate with internal teams including Help Desk, R2R, Application Maintenance, Technology, and Finance.

- Manage and resolve payroll-related queries raised by clients, employees, vendors, and internal stakeholders.

- Lead high-performing HR and Payroll teams of 50+ members across multiple locations and countries.

- Manage transitions and onboarding of new countries into the existing payroll scope.





- Drive process improvements and ensure successful implementation of improvement initiatives.

- Manage senior client stakeholders and maintain strong client relationships.

- Conduct regular weekly, monthly, and quarterly governance and review meetings with clients and partners.

- Support internal and external audits by providing required documentation, artifacts, and evidence.

- Ensure adherence to payroll controls, governance, compliance, and service-level requirements.

- Collaborate with clients, vendors, and technology teams to identify and resolve operational issues.

- Monitor payroll performance, quality, accuracy, and compliance.

- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Must-Have Skills

- End-to-End UK Payroll

- UK Payroll Statutory Compliance

- Client Management

- Vendor Management

- Team Management

- Internal & External Governance

- Multi-Country Payroll

- Payroll Operations

- Payroll Taxes & Compliance

- Stakeholder Management

- Audit & Compliance

- Process Improvement

Good-to-Have Skills

- Multi-country payroll experience

- Experience with payroll transitions

- Experience managing payroll vendors





- Knowledge of HR-to-Payroll-to-Finance system interfaces

- Query Management

- Payroll Technology / HRIS exposure

Required Qualifications & Experience

- 12–15 years of relevant experience in payroll operations and management.

- Proven experience as a Payroll Manager, Delivery Manager, or similar leadership role .

- Mandatory UK Payroll experience with strong statutory compliance knowledge.

- Strong understanding of multi-location payroll, taxation, payroll controls, and balancing.

- Experience managing teams of 50+ employees .

- Experience managing teams across multiple locations, including international teams.

- Strong experience managing senior client stakeholders and payroll partners/vendors.

- Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

- Solid leadership, supervisory, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Key Competencies

- UK Payroll Management

- Delivery Management

- Client Management

- Vendor Management

- People Management

- Payroll Governance

- Statutory Compliance

- Audit Management

- Process Excellence

- Stakeholder Management

- Leadership & Team Development

Eligibility

- Candidates must have strong UK Payroll and statutory compliance experience.

- Candidates should be comfortable working night and rotational shifts when required.

- PAN and DOB are required for profile creation.

- Ex-TCS employees are not eligible to apply.

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