Payroll Manager
| Company: | Dignity |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £51,000 - £51,000 |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Birmingham, B72 1RJ |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Closing date: | 11 Aug 2026 |
Summary
Position: Payroll Manager
Location: Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £51,000 per annum
Make Payroll Matter
At Dignity, we're transforming one of the UK's most established and respected service organisations. Behind every colleague delivering exceptional care to families is a payroll team ensuring they're paid accurately, on time and with complete confidence.
We're looking for an experienced Payroll Manager to take ownership of our end-to-end payroll operation, lead a skilled team, and drive continuous improvement across systems, processes and service delivery. This is far more than a processing role; it's an opportunity to shape the future of payroll within a business undergoing significant transformation and growth.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll lead the delivery of accurate, compliant and customer-focused payroll services across Dignity, ensuring our colleagues receive an exceptional experience every month.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning the end-to-end payroll function, ensuring payrolls are delivered accurately and on time.
- Acting as the subject matter expert for payroll, pensions, HMRC compliance and statutory requirements.
- Leading and developing the payroll team, creating a high-performance culture focused on service excellence.
- Driving process improvements, operational efficiencies and payroll best practice.
- Managing payroll reporting, analytics and compliance activities.
- Working closely with stakeholders across HR, Finance and the wider business to resolve complex payroll matters.
- Supporting system enhancements and continuous improvement initiatives, including Oracle Cloud payroll processes.
Why this role is different
At Dignity, we're modernising our infrastructure, systems and ways of working. Payroll plays a critical role in that journey.
You'll have the opportunity to:
- Influence how payroll services are delivered across a national organisation.
- Lead meaningful improvement projects rather than simply maintaining processes.
- Shape team capability and future ways of working.
- Work in a business where your expertise genuinely impacts thousands of colleagues every month.
- Become a trusted advisor on all payroll and pension matters.
We'd love to hear from you if you have
- Significant payroll leadership experience in a large, complex organisation.
- Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, HMRC requirements and pensions administration.
- Experience managing end-to-end payroll processes and leading payroll teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills and the confidence to influence at all levels.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Experience with payroll systems, ideally Oracle Cloud.
- A CIPP qualification (or equivalent professional payroll qualification).
You'll be
- Detail-oriented and highly organised.
- Naturally curious and always looking for better ways of working.
- Customer-focused and passionate about providing an outstanding service.
- A confident leader who develops and motivates others.
- Commercially aware, data-driven and solutions-focused.
- Comfortable navigating change and driving improvements in a fast-moving environment.
What you can expect from us
Whether you’re stepping into broader responsibility or deepening your expertise, we’ll support you with a benefits package designed to help you thrive, both professionally and personally.
- Time to recharge – 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, giving you the space to rest and maintain a healthy balance.
- Supporting you on the move – £4,000 car allowance to support travel where required.
- Recognising your impact – Opportunity to earn a yearly bonus of up to £500.
- Healthcare when it matters – Private medical cover for you, giving peace of mind and quicker access to treatment.
- Planning for your future – 4% matched pension contribution to help you build long-term financial security.
- Peace of mind – Life assurance cover at 2x your salary to support your loved ones.
- Support when you need it – Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, occupational health services and confidential counselling.
- Developing your potential– Ongoing development opportunities, including apprenticeships and clear career progression pathways.
- Everyday savings and perks – Access to MyStaffShop, our employee rewards platform, offering savings across high street and online retailers, alongside eyecare support, flu jabs and additional lifestyle discounts.
- Making work easier – Free on-site parking available at most of our locations.
What are the next steps?
If this sounds like the next step in your career and you’re ready to support families and lead with professionalism, simply hit the ‘apply’ button. A member of our Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to guide you through the next steps.
Why Dignity
Dignity exists to help every family in Britain navigate the hardest moments of life with simplicity, dignity, kindness and exceptional care. We are not simply improving an existing business; we are reshaping and building a modern, end-to-end platform that supports families through every stage of need: wills, funeral plans, funerals, probate, cremations, burials, and memorialisation. We are moving from transactional interactions to trusted, lifelong relationships, using data, technology, service design and brilliant people to create a simpler, more human experience at scale.
We are at a defining moment in our history. A strategic reset, stronger foundations, and new leadership have created real momentum and with it, the opportunity not just to transform Dignity, but to set a new standard for the whole sector. The funeral industry has historically moved slowly. We are changing that. This is a business with the scale to matter, the ambition to lead, and the courage to challenge how things have always been done. The direction is set. The platform is being built.
We move with pace and intent, and we’re building a team that reflects that. People here are given real responsibility early on, work closely with colleagues across the business, and see the impact of their work. If you want to grow quickly, be part of something genuinely meaningful, and work with people who take their craft seriously, this is a compelling place to build a career.
If you want to do work that is both professionally stretching and genuinely purposeful, at a business that is moving with pace and intent, this is a compelling place to be.
FCA Statement
Dignity is part of a group that includes FCA-regulated activities, and some roles may be subject to relevant training, screening, conduct, and regulatory requirements. This will be confirmed as part of the recruitment process.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Our Vision is to connect with our clients, colleagues, company and communities based on our principles whilst celebrating our differences. We aim to empower leaders and colleagues to seek out and understand new voices and perspectives; to be vocal about inequity and exclusion, and to take decisive, informed and bold action to promote inclusion and belonging.
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We reserve the right, depending on application numbers, to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.