Client Payroll Executive
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 businesses run smarter. Our Managed Payroll Services team takes care of payroll for hundreds of organisations across the UK - ensuring thousands of people get paid accurately and on time, every single month.
If you enjoy working with data, solving problems, and keeping things running smoothly for your clients, you’ll feel right at home here.
Why This Role Matters
Payroll isn’t just about numbers - it’s about trust. As a Client Payroll Executive, you’ll manage your own group of clients and make sure every payroll is completed correctly, on time, and in line with legislation.
Your work keeps employees paid, clients happy, and our reputation strong. You’ll build close relationships with your clients and become their go-to expert for anything payroll related.
About the Team You'll Join
You’ll join a supportive team of Client Payroll Executives and Senior Client Payroll Executives. We share knowledge, help each other out, and take pride in delivering excellent service.
We’re detail-focused, friendly, and serious about accuracy - but we also celebrate success and make work enjoyable.
What You'll Be Doing
- Manage your own portfolio of client payrolls, across different pay frequencies.
- Run the full payroll cycle - collecting data, processing pay, reconciling figures, and preparing reports.
- Produce payslips, P45s, P11Ds, pension files, and other payroll outputs.
- Submit BACS payments and RTI files to HMRC.
- Complete year-end tasks and reporting.
- Keep accurate schedules and client records to meet SLAs and deadlines.
- Handle client queries quickly and professionally, escalating where needed.
- Stay up to date with payroll legislation, including RTI and pensions.
- Support your colleagues and contribute ideas for improving how we work.
What We’re Looking For
- CIPP Diploma (or working towards).
- Proven experience running client payrolls in a bureau or in-house environment.
- Strong understanding of UK payroll legislation.
- Confident with MS Office, especially Excel.
- Experience using payroll software systems.
- Great attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent communication and client service skills.
- Organised, dependable, and calm under pressure.
- A mindset for learning and improving.
This role is ideal for someone developing toward subject matter expertise - confident managing end-to-end payrolls and ready to take ownership of their clients.
What You’ll Gain
- Be part of one of the UK’s most trusted payroll providers.
- Ongoing professional development and CIPP support.
- A collaborative and supportive team culture.
- Flexible hybrid working and a full benefits package.
- The satisfaction of knowing your work directly helps businesses and people every day.
Our Application Process
We like to keep things simple, transparent, and fair:
1️⃣ Apply online
Send your CV and a few details. No long forms.
2️⃣ Initial Interview & short assessments)
- A chat with our Talent team.
- Two short assessments:
- CCAT (15-minute timed test).
- EPP (untimed personality questionnaire).
3️⃣ Final Interview (via MS Teams)
Meet our Managed Payroll Services team and talk about your experience.
Join IRIS Software Group and be part of a trusted team that keeps businesses running and people paid - where your payroll expertise truly makes a difference.
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.
Documents
Alternatively, please sign in with...
Published
Not PublishedClosing
in X days