Payroll & Pensions Manager

Payroll & Pensions Manager

📍 Cambridge or Huntingdon (hybrid working available)
🕒 Full time – 37 hours per week
💰 £42k-£45k per annum

ITrent experience will be key 

Why join us?

This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a critical function within a values-driven organisation. You will have the opportunity to shape and improve payroll and pensions services while working in a collaborative and supportive environment.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced and detail-driven Payroll & Pensions Manager to lead the delivery of an efficient, compliant, and high-quality payroll and pensions service.

This is a key role within our People/Finance function, with responsibility for overseeing end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring statutory compliance, and managing complex public-sector pension schemes.

You will play a vital role in ensuring our employees are paid accurately and on time, while developing and improving systems and processes to support a modern, effective service.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and manage the end-to-end payroll function, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Oversee all submissions to HMRC and ensure full PAYE compliance.
• Manage and administer Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) and Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), including reconciliations and statutory returns.
• Maintain and develop the payroll system (iTrent), including reporting and process improvements
• Produce payroll-related reports, forecasts, and data to support finance and audit requirements
• Lead on audits and provide documentation and evidence as required

About you

We are looking for someone who brings experience in payroll management, ideally in a public sector organisation, but not essential. You will have strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, PAYE, and statutory reporting as well as experience managing public sector pension schemes (TPS and/or LGPS), experience using payroll systems such as iTrent (or similar HR/payroll systems).