Pension Payroll Manager

Pension Payroll Manager
Salisbury or Basingstoke

Hybrid

Permanent
£Competitive + excellent benefits + global career progression

Do you have proven experience managing complex payroll operations across multiple platforms and locations? Ready to lead a talented payroll team, drive process improvements, and deliver exceptional service for our pension scheme members?

We’re looking for a Pension Payroll Manager to oversee our multi-site payroll function, ensuring accurate and timely pension payments, enhancing processes, and handling escalations with professionalism and efficiency.

What you’ll be doing:
 

You’ll take ownership of our pension payroll operations across multiple platforms, leading a dispersed team and ensuring processes run smoothly from end to end. You’ll work closely with clients, internal stakeholders, and system providers to resolve escalations, introduce efficiencies, and develop both the team and the function.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing the delivery of pension payroll services across multiple platforms and locations
• Leading, coaching, and developing a multi-site payroll team
• Driving process improvements and implementing best practices
• Managing and resolving client and stakeholder escalations
• Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, pension scheme rules, and data protection requirements
• Overseeing system changes, upgrades, and testing activities
• Producing accurate reporting and analysis to support decision-making
• Collaborating with internal teams to optimise processes and service delivery

What we’re looking for:

You’ll be an experienced payroll leader with a track record of managing complex, high-volume operations. Strong people management skills, a passion for process improvement, and the ability to build trusted relationships at all levels are essential.

Key skills and attributes:

• Extensive experience in payroll management, ideally within pensions or financial services
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and develop teams
• Proven ability to manage payroll across multiple platforms and sites
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach
• Strong stakeholder management and client relationship skills
• Deep understanding of payroll legislation and compliance requirements
• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail
• Experience delivering process improvement initiatives

Why join us?

We offer a collaborative, professional environment where you’ll have the autonomy to shape payroll operations and deliver measurable improvements. You’ll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working and flexible hours
• Private medical and life insurance
• Ongoing professional development and training
• A supportive culture with opportunities for progression

Ready to take the lead on a high-impact payroll operation?
 

Apply now to become our next Pension Payroll Manager.

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About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.7 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers, we help over 26 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.