Payroll Consultant - Compensation and Benefits - 6 month FTC - £100,000 plus benefitsCentral London, Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office Please note - candidates need to be available to start within 2 weeks. Role Purpose The Compensation and Benefits Partner is responsible for the design, delivery, and governance of compensation and benefits programmes, with a particular focus on managing third - party payroll and benefits providers and ensuring accurate, timely integration between benefits and payroll data and systems. Key ResponsibilitiesGlobal Payroll and Benefit Process and Model Review of current Global model, payroll providers and internal processes. Establish a Group approach and payroll model that can be easily maintained and reduce exposure to risks. Manage third party payroll providers across the Group accurately, on time and within cost parameters whilst ensuring statutory and regulatory requirements are met. Payroll and Benefits Vendor Management Relationship owner for third - party payroll and benefits providers, ensuring service delivery aligns with contractual obligations, agreed SLAs with regular check ins. Manage day - to - day operational performance of providers, including issue resolution, escalation management, and continuous improvement. Lead vendor governance activities, including service reviews, audits, and performance reporting. Support selection, onboarding, and transition of payroll and benefits providers when needed. Documentation of ..... full job details .....