Payroll Team Leader

Job overview

There is no better time to join our payroll division, as we have recently expanded our services and growing our team. We are looking for an experienced individual to join us as a Payroll Team Leader, who can bring a wealth of payroll experience to join our team of 31 exceptional payroll colleagues. We are based at the Johnson Building on Pride Park, Derby

The Pay & Pensions Department provides the in-house Payroll and Pension facility for University Hospitals of Derby & Burton, and 3 other local NHS Trusts, producing around 238,000 payslips per annum, including both weekly and monthly payrolls.

We are looking for a knowledgeable individual who has a great mind for numbers, excellent analytical skills and has previous supervisor experience to manage team members and delegate workloads

Main duties of the job

As a Payroll Team Leader, you will be responsible along with five other Payroll Team Leaders for the day-to-day management of the Pay Team, processing a number of monthly and weekly payrolls, manipulating and uploading data from Excel on to our ESR systems.

Your remit will include producing pre, post and ad hoc payroll reports as well as assisting with balancing and reconciliations of payroll. You should have a pleasant telephone manner and be able to deal with difficult calls if necessary.

You will be people focused, have good organisational and time management skills to co-ordinate incoming work and assisting the Pay Team to ensure deadlines are met, providing training and mentoring other team members.

This role may require occasional working at sites across Derbyshire.

Closing date of applications: 7th October 2026

Interview date: 21st October 2026

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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