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Payroll Quality Team Lead

Job details
Posting date: 30 June 2025
Salary: £36,124 to £37,938 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 14 July 2025
Location: Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, BA14 8JN
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Wiltshire Council
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 5158

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Summary

Salary: £36,124 - £37,938

Hours per week: 37 hours

Interview date: Week commencing Monday 14 July 2025



HR Payroll - Ensuring Financial Integrity and Employee Satisfaction  

Are you an experienced payroll professional with a passion for leadership and process improvement? We’re looking for a Payroll Quality Team Lead to join our team and help ensure our payroll services run smoothly, accurately, and on time.

In this role, you’ll lead a team of payroll practitioners, making sure they’re supported, trained, and working to high standards, while playing a key part in delivering payroll for a wide range of customers, including the Council, Wiltshire schools, Academies and other external organisations. Responsibilities will include, ensuring appropriate operational resource allocation across the team, team inductions, appraisals, 1-2-1s, training and development, succession planning, recruitment and staff well-being (including occupational health), as well as ensuring staff are operating to a professional standard in line with Our Identity.

You’ll work closely with our Payroll Specialists and Professional Leads to improve how we use our payroll system (Oracle ERP), streamline processes, and ensure compliance with legislation. You’ll also help resolve complex payroll queries, support audits, and contribute to key projects and milestones like pay awards and year-end submissions.

We’re looking for someone who:

Has strong experience in payroll operations
Enjoys leading and developing a team
Is confident using payroll systems and data reporting tools
Can spot opportunities for improvement and make them happen
Communicates clearly and works well with others
This is a great opportunity to make a real impact in a supportive and forward-thinking team. If you’re ready to take the next step in your payroll career, we would love to hear from you!

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