Client Payroll Executives
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
At IRIS Software Group, we help thousands of businesses, schools, and accountancy firms run more efficiently every day. One of the ways we do this is through our Managed Payroll Services team - delivering accurate, reliable payroll for clients so they can focus on their people.
We’re now looking for experienced Client Payroll Executives to join our growing team in Leeds. If you’ve run payrolls from start to finish and enjoy building strong relationships with clients, this is a great opportunity to join a fast-paced, supportive environment where your experience will be valued.
You’ll be based in our Leeds city centre office (LS1 2AY) at least three days a week, with the option to work remotely on the other days. This setup gives you the structure to collaborate with your team in person, while still offering flexibility where it matters.
🌟 What Will You Be Doing?
- Managing the end-to-end payroll process for a portfolio of commercial or education clients
- Acting as the key point of contact for your clients – gathering data, confirming deadlines, and handling queries
- Processing starters, leavers, statutory payments, pensions, and year-end tasks
- Producing BACS files, submitting RTI returns, and ensuring compliance with current legislation
- Explaining payroll changes or regulations clearly to clients, using your expertise to support them
- Troubleshooting issues quickly and professionally, always keeping clients informed
- Sharing knowledge with the team and helping support junior colleagues when needed
🎓 What Are We Looking For?
- Experience running payrolls in either a bureau or fast-paced in-house environment
- A good understanding of UK payroll legislation, including RTI and auto-enrolment
- Confidence managing multiple payrolls and meeting tight deadlines
- Strong communication skills – both written and verbal - with a customer-first mindset
- Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy
- Comfortable using payroll software and MS Excel
- Desirable: CIPP Diploma (Level 3 or 5), or a relevant payroll qualification
🚀 What Can IRIS Offer You?
- A hybrid working model - with a minimum of 3 days a week in our Leeds office, and remote working the rest of the week
- A friendly and experienced team that shares knowledge and supports one another
- Clear career progression into more senior, technical, or leadership roles
- Ongoing training, optional CIPP membership, and study support if you’d like to pursue further qualifications
- A full range of employee benefits – including wellbeing support, income protection, and financial perks
- The chance to do meaningful work - helping clients stay compliant and ensuring their teams are paid accurately and on time
📝 The Application Process
We’ve designed a supportive and inclusive process to help you shine:
1️⃣ Apply Online
Send us your CV and a short application - we’re keen to hear why you’re interested in HR and what excites you about joining IRIS.
2️⃣ Initial Interview (plus Online Assessments)
A friendly chat with our Talent team and two short assessments (CCAT + EPP).
- The CCAT is a quick 15-minute timed test - best completed somewhere quiet with a pen and paper.
- The EPP is untimed, giving you space to work through it comfortably.
3️⃣ Group Assessment Day
Join us at our Leeds office (LS1 2AY) for an interactive, in-person session with other candidates (date to be confirmed). You’ll take part in team-based activities, meet our team, and get a real feel for our culture.
If you’re an experienced payroll professional looking for your next challenge - in a team where your skills will be recognised and your development supported - we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and be part of IRIS Software Group’s award-winning payroll team
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About IRIS
As one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies, IRIS Software Group exists to simplify the lives of businesses, schools and organisations.
IRIS provides software solutions and services that substantially enhance operational compliance, efficiency and accuracy, empowering the users of our technology to look forward with certainty and confidence.
Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child’s school, 18% of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50,000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping and 21,000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.
Our operational software is the invisible but essential beating heart of our customers’ businesses, supporting them in a range of objectives, from maintaining legislative compliance to boosting engagement with stakeholders and enhancing productivity.
It’s vital these mission-critical functions work first time, every time.
That’s why IRIS helps businesses run the tough stuff, stay compliant and get operational tasks done right first time, every time – so they can focus on productivity and growth.
IRIS is a company built on hiring the best people; our people are our greatest assets.
They enable us to be the innovative, market-leading, and high-performing company that we are today.
We’re delighted to be certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women.
These accolades confirm that our employees have a consistently positive experience at IRIS, with the certifications considering employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, trust in management, effective communication and recognition/reward.
IRIS is committed to engaging, rewarding and empowering our employees, and this is central to what we do.
This is why we work to create an environment where employees feel like they are part of a team.
Why work for IRIS?
The Benefits
Developing your career
We believe in creating a culture of engagement and reward to develop your potential and offer long-term career success. We do this by:
Supporting our managers to be great leaders, providing inspirational management resources and offering dedicated management development training.
Rewarding individual excellence through dedicated initiatives and Employee Awards for demonstrating our values.
Offering regular training and development programmes tailored to each employee’s development needs and providing a commitment to a ‘learning culture’ which shares knowledge, best practice and our long-standing expertise between employees.
We’re committed to a culture of continuous improvement and listen to our employees via regular feedback sessions and employee engagement surveys.
Our employees love the colleagues they work with. We promote a positive environment where our people feel comfortable, make friends and support each other.
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