Group Payroll Manager
Reference Number: JR250101
Location: Hybrid working - home and our office based near London Bridge
Working Pattern: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Number of roles: 1
Salary: £65,000 - £70,000 per annum
We are looking for a Group Payroll Manager to join our team.
As our first ever Group Payroll Manager, you’ll bring our two UK payroll teams under shared leadership for the first time. You’ll be more hands-on for the Kaplan International side, where you’re replacing an outgoing Payroll Manager, and less so for the Kaplan Professional UK side where we have a long serving Payroll Manager in place. As well as making sure everybody continues to be paid correctly and on-time every month, you’ll create a cohesive payroll team that learns from each other’s best practices. A key focus will be developing, improving and operating controls and leading projects such as process improvements as well as the on-boarding of additional Kaplan operations in the UK and beyond onto our payroll system and/or processes and controls.
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In this role, you will:
Combine two teams of two into one team of four.
Oversee a payroll operation that is responsible for around 3000-3500 payslips every month in the UK.
Play a key role in managing Kaplan's relationship with ADP.
Manage one or more of our payroll’s personally, helping to share the workload around the team.
Oversee smaller international payrolls in Ireland, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Portugal, working with external partners as required.
This is an excellent opportunity for an exceptional Payroll Manager who is confident managing multi country payrolls and who is looking to expand to build their career with an industry leader.
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What you’ll bring to the role
You’ll be an experienced payroll professional with a proven track record of effective payroll management across multiple payrolls, and delivery of successful projects/improvements.
Specific experience and skills will include:
ADP iHCM payroll system (desirable)
Workday HR system (desirable)
Onboarding new businesses to a group payroll
Accounting skills e.g., reconciliations and GL function within payroll system (desirable)
Experience of automating data input/uploading data
Strong numeracy skills and technology skills
Excellent knowledge of HMRC rules and guidelines
International payrolls
Relevant payroll qualification (desirable)
Experience of working in a SOx environment (desirable)
What we do
Kaplan International, a division of Kaplan Inc., is a leading for-profit company in the field of international education, which offers Higher education programmes for students in the UK, USA, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong, English language courses across locations in UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and vocational training for financial services sector in Australia. We welcome students from more than 100 countries around the world. Kaplan Inc. is owned by Graham Holdings (NYSE: GHC) To find out more about us and our different business areas, please visit http://careers.kaplaninternational.com.
What we offer
As well as a competitive salary, hybrid/home working where possible, and paths for career progression, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
28 days annual leave*
Big discounts on Kaplan courses for you and your family
24/7 confidential helpline providing counselling and other support services
Company pension contributions
Maternity, Adoption, Shared Parental and Paternity/Partner pay which is well above statutory levels
Medicash Health Cash Plan
*Please note that the annual leave entitlement will be calculated on a pro rata basis if the role is part time.
How to apply
Please apply with CV and cover letter no later than 11pm on 28th September 2025. Note, we recommend that you apply at the earliest as we reserve the right to close the role before the closing date if we have gathered a suitable shortlist.
Application Support
If you require support completing your application or wish to talk to someone about the role before applying please email the Recruitment Team kaplanstaff.recruitment@kaplan.com.
Disability Confident Scheme and Reasonable Adjustments
At Kaplan International, we are committed to working in a diverse organisation and strive to provide equality of opportunity for all. We encourage and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or identity, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership.
Following the submission of an application, applicants will receive details of how to request their application be considered under our Disability Confident Scheme. Applicants will also be given information on how to request reasonable adjustments if selected for interview.