Payroll Director Manchester City Centre Competitive Executive Package + Benefits Portfolio Payroll are partnering with an award-winning SaaS business in central Manchester to appoint an experienced Payroll Director. Their platform streamlines payroll and people operations for SMEs, and is trusted by over 120,000 businesses worldwide. This is a rare opportunity to join a technologically innovative business at a key stage of its growth. You will take full ownership of the UK payroll function, setting its strategic direction with a high degree of autonomy and the backing to deliver on it. You will be responsible for the future vision of the payroll service: compliance, efficiency, scalability, and a culture where innovation is expected rather than encouraged. Working in a product-led, global organisation, you will have direct influence over how technology and automation are applied across the operation, and a genuine voice with senior stakeholders on where the business goes next. As a Payroll Director, your key responsibilities will include: Define and deliver a payroll strategy aligned to the organisation''s long-term commercial objectives. Lead a large payroll operation, developing and empowering the management team beneath you. Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, governance requirements, and internal control frameworks. Drive operational excellence through robust processes, systems, and service improvements. Lead transformation and change initiatives that ..... full job details .....