Payroll Executive

This would be an excellent opportunity for an experienced Payroll professional who enjoys taking ownership of their role and wants to join a business where they can genuinely contribute to how the payroll function develops.

Location :

Limavady

Job Type:

Payroll Executive

Currency:

£

Min Salary:

40000

Max Salary:

About This Role:

3 Peaks Recruitment is delighted to be partnering with a well-established and growing organisation to recruit an experienced Payroll Executive to join their team in Limavady. This is a newly created position offering the successful candidate the opportunity to take ownership of weekly and monthly payroll processing while helping to develop and improve payroll systems, processes and controls as the business continues to grow.

Start Date:

2026-09-08

Closing Date:

Key Responsibilities:

You’ll be responsible for the accurate and timely processing of UK payrolls across a sizeable workforce, including:

End-to-end processing of weekly and monthly payroll
Payroll for hourly paid and salaried employees
Overtime, shift allowances, variable pay and deductions
PAYE, National Insurance and statutory payments
Payroll reconciliations and resolving discrepancies
HMRC submissions including FPS and EPS
Pension and auto-enrolment administration
Year-end payroll processes including P60s
Maintaining payroll and time & attendance systems
Working closely with HR, Finance and operational teams
Supporting improvements to payroll processes, accuracy and automation

Requirements:

Ideally, you’ll have:

5+ years’ experience within high-volume UK payroll

Experience processing both weekly and monthly payrolls

Strong knowledge of PAYE, NI, statutory payments and deductions

Experience managing payroll for an hourly paid workforce, including overtime and shift patterns

Experience with payroll and time & attendance systems

Sage Payroll/Sage Micropay experience

Strong Excel skills

Excellent attention to detail and the ability to work to tight payroll deadlines

Experience within manufacturing, engineering, production or another high-volume environment would be particularly advantageous.