Payroll Team Leader

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone with a love of payroll to join the Payroll Team at Bettys & Taylors Group as a Payroll Team Leader, based at Pagoda House in Harrogate.Our familybusiness is home to three iconic Yorkshire brands - Yorkshire Tea,Bettysand Taylors of Harrogate.

This is a full-time role, working 37.5 hours per week over five days.

Reporting to the Payroll & Systems Manager, you will provide day-to-day leadership to the Payroll Coordinators, with line management responsibility for the team. This will include supporting performance, coaching and development, and helping colleagues build capability and confidence in their roles.

ThePayroll Team Leaderwill provide hands-on technical, process and administrative support to the Payroll Team and the wider business,building effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders while supporting payroll compliance and helping protect Bettys & Taylors' reputation.

The role will involve supporting day-to-day payroll processing, including weekly and monthly payroll reconciliations and month-end activities. You will also contribute to business change and project work thatimpactspayroll, including system updates,auditsand PAYE-related projects.

You'llbring strong Excel skills, excellent attention to detail and the ability to analyse information,identifyissues and troubleshoot effectively.You'llalso be a confident administrator and co-ordinator who works well as part of a team.

This role would suit a proactive,practicaland solutions-focused individual.You'llbe part of a highly motivated and dedicated team who sit at the centre of the business - keeping our employees paid accurately and on time.

What you bring

• Excellent Excel skills - with proven experience in lookup and pivot tables (as a minimum).

• Experience of working within a busy and complex payroll department.

• Knowledge of legislationimpactingthe payroll industry.

• Good organisational and communication skills with aproactiveattitude towards delivering outstanding customer service.

• Experience of line managing,coachingor developing others within a team environment.

What we offer you

You'llreceive a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your financial and overall wellbeing.

On top of a competitive salary, we offer:

• A discretionary profit-share bonus scheme paid quarterly (11.9% average over the last three years).

• A generous,flexibleand inclusive range of family-friendly benefits to support you through every stage of life. These include enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave arrangements, flexible working options, paid time off for caring responsibilities, and emergency family leave.

• Freshly cooked hot meals while at work, along with free drinks and snacks.

• Discounts on Bettys & Taylors products.

• A range of health benefits, including a health cash plan, health assessments, flu jabs and more.

• Wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme (free and independent service offering free counselling and health and wellbeing resources). Read morehere.

• Theoptionto buy and (in some cases) selladditionalholidays.

• Pension schemes and life assurance.

• And more.

Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments which you wouldbenefitfrom. The hiring manager will pick up any information provided in your application andget in touch withyou to talk about what could support you.

If you have any queries about this vacancy, please contact the hiring manager .

The closing date for this vacancy is 31st July 2026. To ensure we find the right candidate, we may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.