Payroll Change Lead

Job title: Payroll Change Lead

Location: Preston – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £60,000 + depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Be a lead payroll system configuration consultant in BAE Systems
• Lead team members to develop, execute and maintaining the Portfolio of Payroll system change activity in line with timescales, schedule and cost for individual elements
• Responsible for ensuring the seamless transition of change activity into the Payroll Service Delivery Teams
• Lead on the development of functional Strategies and longer-term development of policies
• Lead on incoming impact assessment of payroll change requirements, using a RACI to manage across all stakeholders
• Maximise the capability and contribution of each team member through effective people management and a strong focus on legal compliance and appropriate and effective training
• Develop an understanding of the Payroll external market for providing best practice solutions that support business improvement, development and support the achievement strategic outcomes across BAE Systems
• Understand legislative, regulatory and functional/business change requirements and engage the appropriate stakeholders to discuss and agree proposed solutions
• Lead on continuous improvement system configuration and process changes across the team

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Payroll implementation and change experience
• Highly developed relationship building, networking capability with the ability to engage, communicate, and influence at different levels both internally and externally.
• Strong excel and presentation skills

Desirable:

• Resourcelink experience

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Payroll team:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the large UK Payroll Change & System Team based at Preston. Support the development of the change strategy for BAE Systems Payroll in line with functional strategies across the group, with a real focus on continuous improvement initiatives. Ensuring Control, Governance and Compliance is met with System Functionality, Maintenance and Configuration changes. The role is responsible for managing and delivering the Pay & Reward change pipeline, ensuring the BAE Systems Payroll System is compliant with Statutory, GDPR, HMRC, Pensions and Financial legislative requirements. You will have an opportunity to influence and facilitate business change and improvements in a complex payroll environment with lots of challenges. This is a fantastic opportunity to build on existing skill sets and to work across a variety of key stakeholders at all levels within BAE.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks

Closing Date: 25th April 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.