Payroll Lead and Ireland

Job Description

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The UK & Ireland Payroll Lead is the subject matter expert responsible for the end-to-end delivery of accurate and timely payroll for all UK employees. This role ensures compliance with statutory requirements, internal controls, and company policies, while providing expert guidance on all payroll-related matters. The Payroll Lead acts as owner of the payroll process and drives outcomes, solves problems, and improves delivery through effective management of payroll providers, internal stakeholders, and support teams while focusing on process improvement and elevation of employees’ experience.

• Leads execution of payrolls for UK & Ireland as assigned to ensure accurate and timely payroll processes
• Maintains clear ownership of all payroll processes, controls, and governance frameworks
• Puts systems and tools in place to effectively manage accurate payroll processing and issue management in Service Now
• Develops and utilizes metrics to drive operational excellence, continuous improvement and standardization across payroll operations and systems
• Ensures robust payroll process documentation and training for internal and external teams
• Facilitates the resolution of issues. Engages with Cloud Pay and TCS representatives to align on features, integrations and issue resolutions (pre and post payroll)
• Analyzes and helps interpret complex policies and payroll per in country regulatory requirements

• Leads with a focus on employee education and customer service
• Leads, coaches, and develops payroll team members & delivery partners to ensure strong performance, accuracy, and compliance.
• Teams with other Boeing organizations (e.g. Human Resources, Compensation and Benefits, Business Support Managers in region) to address and support cross-organizational payroll process
• Manages relationships with external payroll vendors, auditors, and HMRC, ensuring service levels and compliance are maintained.
• Partners with Finance on payroll accounting, reconciliations, and reporting.

• Ensures payroll operations are fully compliant with UK & Ireland tax legislation, statutory reporting, and data protection requirements.
• Ensures and maintains compliance, by improving internal controls, guidelines to regulatory requirements
• Proactively identifies risks, issues, and improvement opportunities, and implement corrective actions where required.
• Facilitates decisions and makes recommendations regarding emerging regulatory issues with key partners including HR, Tax, and legal.

• Leads initiatives to optimize payroll processes through automation, system enhancements, and improved data integrity.
• Monitors payroll performance metrics and drive service excellence.
• Stays current with changes in UK payroll legislation and assess impacts on payroll operations.

• Should have strong understanding and knowledge of UK and Ireland payroll requirements including tax regulations, HMRC requirements
• Prior experience with payroll platforms and vendor relationships including Cloud Pay, Work Day and Service Now
• Understanding of pre payroll requirements, exception scenarios and ability to analyze and troubleshoot post payroll discrepancies
• Exceptional attention to detail, analytical ability, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to understand the big picture and the inter-relationships of all positions and activities in the different HR, Payroll, Timekeeping & Attendance systems, and process including the impact of changes in one area on another area
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across HR, Finance, and external providers
• Demonstrated experience leading others — directly or through vendors & shared service teams — to deliver high‑quality outcomes
• Ability to see and understand the inter-relationships between components of…