Payroll & HR Team Lead

Company : James Gray Associates

Job Type : Full Time

Stockton-On-Tees, Cleveland

Number of Applicants

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Job Description - Payroll & HR Team Lead

Payroll Team Lead
Location: Stockton-on-Tees
Salary: £38,000 – £45,000

JGA Recruitment is proud to partner with a respected international organisation in the search for a Payroll & HR Team Lead to join their HR function.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a seasoned payroll professional with leadership experience to step into a varied role spanning payroll, benefits, HR administration, and process optimisation.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead a team delivering accurate and efficient payroll, benefits, and HR administration services across multiple regions.
Ensure timely and compliant payroll processing in line with internal policies and statutory regulations.
Oversee payroll vendor relationships and HR systems to maintain high service standards.
Support general ledger reconciliations and address payroll-related accounting queries.
Drive process improvements to enhance payroll and HR operations.
Manage onboarding processes, HR transactions, and company fleet administration.
Play an active role in both global and local HR projects, including compliance initiatives.

Skills & Experience:

Strong background in UK payroll processing and compliance.
Demonstrated experience leading teams within a shared service or HR/payroll environment.
Exposure to European payroll operations is a plus.
Experience with payroll-related accounting and general ledger reconciliation (preferred).
Familiarity with HR and payroll systems – experience with Workday and Resourcelink is advantageous.
Proven ability to manage outsourced payroll vendors.
Advanced Excel skills and strong IT literacy.
Change management experience with a focus on continuous improvement.
Professional, ethical, and collaborative working style, aligned with company values.

If this role matches your experience and career aspirations, we’d love to hear from you.

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JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply. We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist payroll, HR & Reward recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

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