Payroll Lead

AND Digital

Payroll Lead managing end-to-end payroll processing for 600 employees in the UK with compliance responsibilities. We aim to help organizations adapt to technological change in a meaningful way through expertise and innovation.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

We help organisations navigate the future of technology, combining human expertise, emerging tech and AI to deliver better outcomes, faster.
Since 2014, we’ve worked side-by-side with clients to solve complex challenges, build high-performing teams, and create lasting capability.
Through our Guide, Build and Equip approach, we help organisations embrace change, deliver meaningful impact, and develop the skills they need to thrive in an increasingly agentic world.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Act as the subject matter expert on all UK payroll legislation, ensuring strict compliance with HMRC, RTI (Real Time Information) submissions, and Auto-Enrolment pension regulations.
Manage and deliver the end-to-end processing of our monthly payroll for approximately 600 employees via ADP (processing client)
Processing benefits via monthly payroll
Good understanding of the payroll and benefits systems
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables)
End of Year reporting and key contact for payroll related audit queries
Naturally curious about data structures, automation, and root-cause analysis.
Absolute trustworthiness, data ethics, and emotional intelligence.

Benefits

Comp & perks

25 days bookable holiday + flexible Bank Holidays
Pension: 6% of salary paid by AND Digital with a further 2% paid by you (can be increased by choice).
Aviva healthcare cover (including pre-existing condition cover) for you.
Flexibenefit: £1000 assigned to you via our benefits portal to select or upgrade the benefits that suit you the most. Any unused allowance from the £1000 can be taken as cash.
Life Assurance.
Income Protection.
Eye test + first pair of glasses.
Parental Benefits: Generous Enhanced Maternity and Enhanced Partner (Paternity) Leave.

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Hard Skills & Tools

UK payroll legislationHMRC complianceRTI submissionsAuto-Enrolment pension regulationsmonthly payroll processingbenefits processingMicrosoft ExcelVLOOKUPPivot Tablesdata structures

Soft Skills

emotional intelligencetrustworthinessdata ethicscuriosityroot-cause analysis