Senior SAP Payroll Consultant

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-26 England, United Kingdom Contract Hybrid ICT

Company shared salary

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Market rate

4,600 GBP–7,500 GBP/mo (55,200 GBP–90,000 GBP/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

About the Company

Senior SAP Payroll Consultant - remote with very occasional travel (so must be England based) - 12 month initial contract - Teams interview first week September . We're looking for an experienced SAP Payroll and Reward IT Product Owner to join the HR Technology team. You will oversee the IT service supporting UK and Swiss Payroll and Reward processes, operations and change. You will partner with senior stakeholders on payroll and reward change initiatives. The role combines hands-on SAP payroll expertise with product ownership, service leadership and the ability to shape design decisions across a complex, integrated HR technology landscape.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the delivery team's activities in providing IT services for UK and Swiss payroll solutions, ensuring technical and legislative compliance.
  • Ensure the continued operation of the UK's benefits and pensions processes.
  • Partner on key projects (list to be finalised) to help design, implement and test Payroll or Reward changes in support of required business outcomes.

Requirements

  • Strong UK payroll experience including payroll configuration, knowledge of legislative requirements and HMRC compliance.
  • Experience of leading payroll delivery and teams within Enabling Functions of a large, complex organisation across benefits/payroll/reward and HR systems.
  • Proven product ownership or service leadership experience, including directing delivery activity and maintaining BAU operations.
  • Extensive experience of payroll products (SAP Payroll, ideally SAP ECC6, S/4HANA and newer SAP payroll products)
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to lead design discussions and advise senior stakeholders at director level.
  • Experience with SuccessFactors integration
  • Experience of payroll transformation and roadmap projects