Payroll Transformation Manager
| Posting date: | 12 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £80,000.0 to £82,000.0 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £80,000 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 February 2026 |
| Location: | Londonderry, County Londonderry, BT48 7BH |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4757212_1768238497 |
Summary
Your new company
You will work for an innovative global company that has operations throughout Ireland, the UK, America, Europe and Asia. This company are industry leaders with a strong customer reach spanning over 70 countries.
Your new role The Payroll Transformation Manager reports to the Payroll Director and oversees payroll operations across EMEA, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and operational excellence. The position plays a key role in supporting global payroll transformation efforts and managing relationships with key stakeholders, employees, and vendors. Responsibilities include:
Lead payroll transformation initiatives through continuous review of processes, systems, and tools to drive efficiency and modernisation.Drive process-improvement projects to enhance the overall effectiveness of payroll operations.Lead change-management efforts to ensure successful adoption of new payroll processes and ways of working.Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to support transformation and service excellence.Coach and mentor internal payroll teams to strengthen capability and ensure high-quality payroll delivery.Manage and develop a team of 16 payroll professionals.Partner with HR and cross-functional teams to ensure seamless information flow and effective end-to-end payroll administration.Oversee day-to-day payroll operations across designated EMEA countries, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and consistent service delivery.
What you'll need to succeed
Educated to degree level7 to 10 years of EMEA payroll management experience in a multinational organisation Experience with payroll transformation projects focused on consolidating EMEA regional payroll, as well as managing remote shared service teams.
What you'll get in return
You will work full-time hours Monday to Friday with flexibility around start and finish times. This role is ideally office-based, but hybrid working will be considered for the right candidate. You will be able to work from one of their locations in Donegal or Derry. You will be offered a highly competitive salary with a 10% bonus. There is a travel requirement for this role of 10-20%.
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