Top Payroll Jobs in Edinburgh

Manage end-to-end delivery of multiple complex UK payrolls within a bureau, ensuring accuracy and HMRC compliance. Act as payroll SME advising on legislation, statutory payments, pensions, benefits, share schemes and reconciliations. Analyse outputs, resolve discrepancies, collaborate cross-functionally, mentor colleagues, and contribute to documentation and continuous improvement.

Own strategy, roadmap, and delivery for the Time Off product within the Payroll Ecosystem. Collaborate with Engineering, Design, Customer Success, Sales, and customers to translate complex compliance and payroll requirements into scalable, enterprise-ready solutions. Drive discovery, prioritization, launch, and adoption using qualitative and quantitative insights while ensuring configurability, performance, and usability across global markets.

Own and manage global payroll operations across 12+ countries: coordinate third-party payroll providers and EORs, run monthly/bi-monthly payroll cycles, ensure accurate payments, taxes and benefits, record journals and reconcile payroll accounts, partner with Treasury and People, resolve employee payroll queries, and drive process improvements.

The Payroll Accountant oversees payroll processing, maintains salary records, manages cash floats, and ensures adherence to financial controls. They support HR and comply with policies while providing assistance and training to crew members.

The Payroll Analyst ensures accurate payroll processing, compliance, and support for payroll operations, audits, and stakeholder inquiries while leading process improvements.

The Senior Payroll Specialist assists the Payroll Manager with payroll processing, tax compliance, and provides support in payroll reviews and reporting.

Manage preparatory payroll across international entities (Germany primary, plus France/Spain), liaise with external payroll/EOR/PEO providers, resolve employee payroll queries, automate HRIS-payroll workflows, calculate commissions/bonuses with RevOps, and support Finance with reporting, audits, and statutory compliance.

Serve as the main contact for a portfolio of payroll clients across EMEA, coordinate with in-country payroll partners, run governance calls, prepare monthly reports, maintain payroll manuals and calendars, complete checklist and checking sheets, answer and escalate queries, and ensure accurate, timely payroll delivery with excellent customer service.

Lead global payroll operations to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing. Drive standardization, automation, vendor management, KPI tracking, and cross-functional partnerships with HR, Finance, and external providers. Oversee team leadership, process improvements, system implementations, and regulatory compliance across multiple regions.

Manage end-to-end payroll operations for multiple European countries, coordinating vendors, validating calculations, maintaining employee payroll data, reconciling reports and ledgers, supporting payroll payments and audits, responding to employee inquiries, and driving payroll process improvements and compliance.

The Global Payroll Operations Partner manages international payroll, optimizes processes, ensures compliance, supports employee inquiries, and collaborates with finance and external partners.

Lead global payroll strategy and a multi-year transformation to standardize, automate and consolidate vendors. Build and manage a global payroll team, own payroll operations, governance, controls and compliance across multiple jurisdictions, drive Workday integration and automation, manage stakeholder relationships, and act as senior escalation for payroll risks and audits.

Manage payroll accounting for ADI-EMEA Streamline payrolls including GL journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, month-end close, fringe accounting, payroll cash forecasting, and support international payroll with ad hoc reporting and audits.

Support Group Payroll Manager by coordinating UK and ROW payrolls, producing journals for Oracle, managing internal/external payroll queries, liaising with Global Mobility, P&C and outsourced providers, and maintaining payroll processes, compliance and documentation for a six-month part-time assignment.

The Junior Payroll Purser assists with payroll processing, cash management, foreign currency exchange, and time and attendance audits aboard Celebrity Cruises ships.

The Director, Global Payroll oversees global payroll operations, ensuring compliance, timely processing, and effective collaboration with HR and Finance teams across regions.

Lead end-to-end implementations of Workday Payroll for UK & Ireland, act as trusted advisor, gather requirements, configure solutions, support testing, deliver knowledge transfer, and provide post-production support while collaborating with cross-functional consulting teams.

Lead a global Product Strategy & Compliance function for payroll, translating multi-jurisdictional payroll, tax, employment, and labor rules into scalable product capabilities. Build and mentor a team, define governance and operating models, embed compliance-by-design with automation/AI, guide regulatory intelligence and market readiness, and advise senior stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Legal, and Operations.

Administer payroll and company benefits, support payroll processing and audits, manage benefits administration and employee queries, and handle P&C onboarding/vetting tasks including DBS/BS7858 checks and recordkeeping.

Lead and modernize global payroll operations and equity administration (Shareworks). Manage a small team, drive HRIS integrations and automation, strengthen payroll controls and compliance, partner with HR Tech/IT/Finance, and resolve complex tax and market-specific payroll issues.

Process and deliver accurate payroll for ~3,000 employees: resolve discrepancies, perform complex manual calculations (company cars, deductions, back pay, statutory leave), manage pensions/auto-enrolment and benefits payroll data, handle statutory forms and overpayments, liaise with third-party provider (Zellis) and internal teams, and respond to employee queries.

Provide expert remote support for SAP HR/Payroll applications. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, configuration, and client support for UK and Ireland payroll and related processes.

Manage US payroll validations and benefit feed audits (Health & Welfare, 401K, Deferred Comp, HSA). Reconcile payroll reports, perform pre/post payroll validations, respond to employee inquiries via ServiceNow, support payroll year-end and testing, and participate in process improvement projects to ensure timely, accurate pay.

Lead governance of daily timekeeping operations, ensuring accurate, compliant payroll-related timecards and attendance. Resolve timecard issues, drive process adherence, and act as team lead in the manager's absence.