Job Description

We are looking for a skilled UK Payroll professional with solid experience in payroll operations, statutory compliance, and team coordination. The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert, ensuring accurate payroll processing, resolving complex payroll issues, supporting team development, and maintaining compliance with UK payroll regulations.

Job Details

- Location: Bangalore

- Experience: 5–7 years

- Band: BPO 3/4

- Shift: UK Business Hours

Candidate Requirements

Mandatory:

- 5–7 years of relevant experience in UK payroll operations.

- Strong knowledge of PAYE, National Insurance, RTI, tax codes, statutory payments, and UK payroll legislation.

- Hands-on experience in end-to-end payroll processing, HMRC submissions, and payroll reconciliations.

- Understanding of workplace pensions and automatic enrolment.

- Experience managing complex payroll transactions, exceptions, corrections, and escalations.

- Prior experience in team coordination, quality monitoring, and coaching payroll associates.

- Working knowledge of Workday Payroll or similar enterprise payroll systems.

- Proficiency in MS Excel, with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

- Experience in shared services, managed services, or outsourced payroll environments.

- Ability to work UK business hours.

Preferred:





- CIPP certification or an equivalent UK payroll qualification.

- Exposure to high-volume or multi-entity payroll operations.

- Experience with payroll automation, transformation, system implementation, or UAT.

Key Responsibilities

- Oversee end-to-end UK payroll activities, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery.

- Provide technical guidance on UK payroll legislation, PAYE, National Insurance, RTI, and statutory requirements.

- Prepare and manage HMRC submissions, including FPS and EPS.

- Support pension administration and automatic enrolment processes.

- Review complex payroll cases, adjustments, exceptions, and escalations.

- Conduct payroll audits, reconciliations, variance analysis, and general ledger reviews.

- Manage daily team activities, workload distribution, and quality checks.

- Coach and mentor team members to improve payroll knowledge and performance.

- Support payroll year-end processes, including P60, P11D, and P11D(b).

- Identify and implement opportunities for process improvement, automation, and operational efficiency.

Other Details

- Eligibility: Former TCS employees are not eligible to apply.

- Mandatory Profile Information: PAN and Date of Birth (DOB) are required for candidate profile creation.

📌 : UK Payroll Team Lead / Subject Matter Expert (SME) (Bengaluru)
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