Payroll Specialist
Own end-to-end payroll for a growing UK fertility group — and lead the transition to bringing it in-house. A pivotal role sitting across HR and Finance.
Location: Onsite - Harley St and London Bridge
Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time
Salary: £42,000 - £45,000
About Us
JD Healthcare Group is one of the UK's leading fertility and reproductive healthcare providers, operating brands including London Women's Clinic, London Egg Bank, London Sperm Bank, KindIVF, Surrey Park Women's Clinic and Elective Egg Freezing across the United Kingdom. Since 1985, we have been supporting individuals and families through some of the most significant journeys of their lives — combining world-class clinical expertise with genuine human care. Everything we do is driven by a shared purpose: helping people build the families they dream of.
About the Role
The Payroll Specialist sits at the intersection of HR and Finance, making sure everyone across the JDH group is paid accurately and on time. The role covers four areas: running the monthly payroll cycle; managing statutory and contractual pay including sickness, maternity and other family leave; administering benefits, pension and reward; and acting as the first point of contact for pay queries.
You will work day-to-day with the Head of HR and report to them directly, with a broader accountability to the CFO on payroll governance and controls. You will also liaise regularly with Finance on journals, cost reporting and bonus accruals, and with HR colleagues on starters, leavers and contract changes. Initially the payroll will continue to run through our external provider, and a central objective of this role is to lead the transition to an in-house payroll function — reviewing current processes, building the business case, selecting a system and taking it through to go-live.
What You Will Do
Manage the end-to-end monthly payroll cycle with our external provider, from collating inputs and checking starters, leavers and changes through to sign-off, reconciliation and HMRC/RTI submission
Process SSP, contractual sick pay, maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and other family leave pay — statutory and enhanced — using absence data from CIPHR
Calculate holiday pay, final pay and all other leaver entitlements
Administer the workplace pension including auto-enrolment, opt-outs, re-enrolment, salary sacrifice schemes and contributions, and maintain accurate pay and benefits data in CIPHR
Support annual pay reviews, bonus payments and reward projects alongside the Head of HR and Head of Finance
Act as first point of contact for pay, pension and benefits queries; resolve them promptly; and track recurring issues back to root cause
Produce payroll journals, cost reports and reconciliations for Finance, and manage Apprenticeship Levy reporting and year-end outputs (P60s, P11Ds)
Lead the transition of payroll from our external provider to in-house — including process review, system selection, business case, parallel running, data migration and go-live
What We Are Looking For
Essential
Proven experience running end-to-end UK payroll, including working with an outsourced payroll provider
Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, HMRC requirements and RTI
Knowledge of SSP, SMP and other statutory payments, and pension auto-enrolment
Strong Excel skills — lookups, pivot tables and reconciliations
High accuracy and attention to detail, with the ability to meet fixed monthly deadlines
Clear, confident communication with employees and managers at all levels
Discretion with confidential pay data and an ability to work effectively across HR and Finance
Desirable
Experience with CIPHR HR and/or payroll modules
Experience of moving payroll from an outsourced provider to in-house
Multi-site or group payroll experience
Healthcare sector background
Salary sacrifice and benefits administration experience
Gender pay gap reporting
CIPP payroll qualification (or working towards)
Process design and project management skills
What We Offer
32 days annual leave including bank holidays
Life assurance and pension plan
Staff treatment discounts
Workplace Nursery Scheme, EV Car Scheme and Cycle2Work
Perkbox benefits platform
Health and wellness programmes
Ongoing learning and development opportunities
Equal Opportunities
JD Healthcare is an Equal Opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
- Division
- London Womens Clinic
- Department
- Human Resources
- Role
- Payroll Specialist
- Location
- Harley Street (London)
- Salary
- £42,000 - £45,000/year
- Employment type
- Full-time