Interim Payroll Manager

Overview

Global Networks is assisting its client to recruit an Interim Payroll Manager to take ownership of global payroll operations and support the integration of payrolls across a growing international organisation. This is a high-impact opportunity for a detail-driven payroll professional to ensure employees are paid accurately and on time, strengthen payroll controls, support benefits administration and help deliver scalable, efficient processes across multiple countries.

Required Skills

• Proven experience managing payroll across multiple countries, ideally covering Europe and North America.
• Strong knowledge of payroll compliance, tax laws and regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience managing payroll vendors and external partners.
• Knowledge of global benefits administration.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with a strong focus on payroll accuracy and data integrity.
• Sharp analytical skills, with the ability to provide clear insights into payroll trends, costs and workforce metrics.
• Confidence working with senior leaders, Finance and People teams.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach to identifying and resolving payroll issues.
• Strong understanding of payroll data confidentiality and secure record management.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations across the UK, Jersey, Spain, Poland, Malta, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Canada and the USA.
• Ensure payroll is accurate, compliant and delivered on time across all supported countries.
• Safeguard payroll data integrity and confidentiality, ensuring payroll is right first time.
• Act as the primary point of contact for payroll matters, including management of the global payroll inbox.
• Partner with Finance and People teams to streamline payroll processes and drive automation.
• Ensure payroll-dependent benefit submissions are accurate and timely.
• Support payroll-related projects, including transformation, system improvements, acquisitions and integrations.
• Support the integration of acquisitions into existing payroll processes.
• Drive improvements to payroll processes, systems and controls, including global harmonisation.
• Provide clear payroll analytics and reporting on trends, costs and workforce metrics.
• Strengthen internal controls and support audit and reporting compliance.
• Maintain accurate payroll records and documentation.

Additional Skills

• Experience supporting payroll transformation or system improvement projects.
• Experience contributing to acquisitions and payroll integrations.
• Experience driving automation and process harmonisation across multiple countries.
• Experience working with payroll and benefits providers across international markets.
• The ability to build trusted relationships with internal teams and external partners.
• Professional payroll certification, such as CIPP or CPP.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Proven professional experience managing international payroll operations.
• Experience managing payroll across multiple countries, including jurisdictions in Europe and North America.
• Experience supporting global benefits administration.
• A professional payroll certification, such as CIPP or CPP, is preferred but not essential.

Bring your international payroll expertise to this interim opportunity and apply through Global Networks today.