Top Payroll Jobs in Edinburgh

As a Payroll Operations Specialist, you will prepare payroll inputs, manage data integrity, support statutory data preparation, and collaborate on compliance issues.

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.

Lead UK payroll compliance for HiBob's payroll products, interpreting legislation and translating requirements into product features. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Legal, Sales, and Customer Success to ensure global payroll accuracy, document compliance strategies, drive automation and process improvements, and support US and international compliance needs as subject-matter expert.

Manage end-to-end UK payrolls for a portfolio of clients, deliver accurate, timely payroll processing, host governance calls, prepare reports and calendars, maintain payroll manuals, answer and escalate queries, and ensure excellent customer service.

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.

The Payroll Associate is responsible for managing payroll processes, ensuring accuracy, complying with regulations, resolving inquiries, and maintaining records.

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.

Lead and own payroll delivery across EMEA via external partners and in-house teams. Ensure accurate, compliant, and consistent payrolls; manage partner relationships; lead Delivery Managers and payroll professionals; resolve escalations; mitigate compliance risks; use data and metrics to drive controls and continuous improvement; collaborate with Finance, Contracts, and Payments; standardise regional processes and develop leadership capability.

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.

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 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.

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.

The Payroll Specialist Lead will manage payroll processes, ensure compliance, mentor staff, and improve payroll operations while focusing on relationship management and data integrity.

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

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