Payroll Compliance Specialist

An Excellent Opportunity
Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.
The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.
The Post
The key area of responsibility for this position will be to lead on running the Council’s monthly payroll service, ensuring that each stage of the payroll process is completed.

The responsibilities within this role will be managing compliance checks to ensure all payroll processes are accurate and timely, and appropriate information are provided to our pension schemes, HMRC and other statutory bodies.

The expectation for this post will be to act as the Council’s specialist in payroll data analysis across Oracle HCM payroll systems, and to form part of the technical design of all payroll processes and systems to ensure value for money.

The Person

Brent Council are looking for proactive payroll specialists with integrity and confidence to support their application of Oracle Cloud HCM and Payroll configuration skills.

Applicants need to demonstrate trustworthiness and professionalism - and combine these personality traits with managing compliance around the local government payroll run and processes.

Knowledge of Local Government payroll legislation application and numerical and analytical thinking skills should be evidenced by the applicant.

Motivated individual applicants need to perform calm under pressure, especially during payroll deadlines, and show commitment to accuracy and compliance excellence.

Our Offer to You

In addition to your salary, you will also get to enjoy the following benefits:

• 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, increasing to 31 days plus 8 bank holidays after 5 years continuous service
• Very generous employer pension contribution
• Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week (laptop provided)
• A wide range of family friendly policies such as parental leave
• Access to affordable parking nearby
• Access to our Zipcar scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance programme for free confidential counselling
• Season ticket loan for public transport
• Cycle to work scheme and good onsite facilities
• Access to My Brent Rewards for big brand discounts, local offers and money off for travel, cinema and shopping vouchers.

Closing date: 7 December 2025 (23:59)

Additional Information

Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time

If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances. Brent has a positive approach to flexible working. As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk