EMEA Payroll Operations Manager

🕒 May 14

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧾 Payroll

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activpayroll

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

💸 Finance

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

💰 Private Equity Round on 2020-01

Finance • HR Tech • SaaS

activpayroll is a company providing end-to-end payroll, global HR, and mobility services on a global scale. They offer solutions to simplify complex payroll processes while ensuring compliance with international regulations. Their activ8 platform provides seamless integration with various HRIS and workforce management systems, helping businesses streamline data management and automate payroll tasks. With a focus on security and transparency, activpayroll supports global businesses by consolidating payroll operations, ensuring accurate and timely payments, and optimizing global workforce management. The company has been recognized as a 'Major Contender' and 'Star Performer' in the Everest Group multi-country payroll solutions PEAK Matrix Assessment.

📋 Description

• Own payroll operations across EMEA, ensuring seamless delivery through our trusted payroll partner network • Act as the senior point of accountability for payroll quality, accuracy, compliance, and employee experience • Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with payroll partners, setting clear expectations and driving consistently high performance • Lead and develop a team of Delivery Managers and payroll professionals across multiple locations, ensuring strong leadership, accountability, and execution • Act as the senior escalation point for complex or high-impact payroll issues, ensuring swift resolution and the implementation of preventative controls • Navigate complexity across multiple jurisdictions, proactively identifying and mitigating operational and compliance risks • Use data, insight, and performance metrics to monitor outcomes, strengthen controls, and drive continuous improvement • Drive standardisation and operational excellence across a diverse regional landscape, balancing consistency with local requirements • Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders (including Finance, Contracts, and Payments) and external partners to ensure fully aligned payroll delivery • Champion strategic initiatives that improve efficiency, service quality, and the overall employee and client experience • Develop leadership capability within your team, fostering a culture of ownership, growth, and collaboration

🎯 Requirements

• You bring deep experience in payroll operations across multiple countries or regions, with a strong track record of delivering accurate, compliant payroll outcomes • You’ve successfully led through others, including managing managers, and you’re comfortable developing leadership capability across distributed teams • You thrive in complexity, quickly breaking down challenges into clear actions and structured solutions • You are highly data-driven, using metrics and insight to monitor performance, identify risks, and continuously improve service delivery • You build trusted relationships with ease, influencing internal stakeholders and external delivery partners to ensure aligned outcomes • You have a strong continuous improvement mindset, always looking for ways to enhance controls, efficiency, and service quality • You care about building high-performing, supportive team cultures where accountability, development, and collaboration are central to success