Payroll Executive

UK Payroll Executive | Cape Town

We’re hiring an experienced UK Payroll Executive to support UK based clients from Cape Town. This role is ideal for a payroll professional who has hands on UK payroll experience and a strong understanding of UK legislation, employment law, and tax.

The role

You’ll be responsible for delivering accurate, compliant end to end UK payroll, acting as a trusted payroll expert for clients, and supporting complex payroll queries. This is a consultative role rather than pure processing, where you’ll be advising, problem solving, and helping improve payroll processes and systems.

What you’ll be doing

• Running UK payroll end to end including monthly and weekly processing
• Managing HMRC submissions including PAYE, RTI and auto enrolment
• Handling year end processes such as P60s, P11Ds and PSAs
• Advising on UK payroll legislation, employment law, and statutory compliance
• Acting as the go to payroll expert for client queries and escalations
• Supporting payroll implementations, system changes and parallel runs
• Working closely with internal teams to resolve technical and process issues

What we’re looking for

• Proven UK payroll experience is essential
• Strong understanding of UK tax, employment law and statutory compliance
• Experience delivering end to end payroll
• Confident communicator who enjoys working directly with clients
• High attention to detail with a proactive, solutions driven mindset
• Payroll implementation experience is a strong advantage

Location

Cape Town based candidates only

If you’re a UK payroll specialist looking for a role where your expertise is genuinely valued and your day is more than just processing, I’d love to hear from you

Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.