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About Us:

At Supporting Education Group (SEG), we are passionate about making a difference in education. We bring together a diverse family of businesses that provide specialist services and expertise to schools, academies, and trusts across the UK.

From HR and payroll to safeguarding, training, and compliance, our services help schools focus on what matters most - delivering excellent education to children and young people.

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Lead to join our Central Payroll function on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This is a hands-on role where you’ll be supporting the Group Payroll Manager during a busy period of upcoming projects.

You will play a key role in ensuring the smooth delivery of our payroll operations, managing monthly payrolls across the Group, and liaising with our external payroll provider. As projects progress, you’ll also have the opportunity to get involved in supporting their delivery and implementation, making this a varied and rewarding role.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced payroll professional who enjoys balancing operational responsibility with the chance to contribute to process improvements and project work.

About You:

We’re seeking a confident and capable payroll professional with extensive experience in managing end-to-end payroll. You’ll be detail-oriented, highly organised, and a strong team player who can thrive in a busy environment.

You will bring:

• Significant payroll experience in a complex environment.

• Proven experience managing a team.

• Strong knowledge of pensions, payroll law, and HMRC compliance.

• Hands-on experience in preparing and processing monthly payrolls.

• Experience managing and processing flexible benefits.

• Ability to liaise confidently with payroll, benefits, and pension providers.

• Strong numerical skills, attention to detail, and excellent written and verbal communication.

• Experience producing Gender Pay Gap reporting.

• Ability to challenge and improve payroll processes to ensure best practice.

Above all, you’ll be solutions-focused, professional, and able to deliver a first-class payroll service that supports colleagues and enhances employee relationships.