Payroll & Pensions Manager - Grade 8
Professional Services
Finance, Planning, Property and Commercial Operations
Salary:£40,497 to £45,413 per annum
Post Type:Full Time
Contract Type:Permanent
Closing Date:Thursday 23 July 2026
Interview Date:To be confirmed
Reference:HR0200735
This job is only available to University of Bradford staff. It may be released externally should we not appoint internally.
University of Bradford
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Directorate
The University of Bradford is seeking an experienced Payroll & Pensions Manager to lead the delivery of a high-quality, compliant payroll service
What you will be doing:
- This key role ensures accurate, timely processing of payroll and pensions and supports wider financial and people priorities.
- You will lead payroll and pensions operations, embed robust controls, drive continuous improvement, and ensure compliance with statutory and scheme requirements, while supporting reporting and risk management.
- We are seeking a technically strong, proactive professional with payroll and pensions experience in a complex environment, alongside first-class leadership and stakeholder skills.
Qualifications/ experience:
- Technically strong, proactive professional
- Payroll and pensions experience in a complex environment
Do not meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything in the job description or advert, we encourage you to arrange an informal conversation with the hiring manager. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Celebrating Diversity – The University of Bradford
At the University of Bradford, we recognise and embrace people that work in diverse ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.
In Return we Offer:
- 25 days holiday and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas).
- Family-friendly policies
- Great campus facilities including:
- Unique fitness centre
- Eye clinic
- Physiotherapy & sports rehabilitation,
- Counselling & mental health services
- On site nursery
- Food & drink outlets
- Generous employer contribution pension scheme - USS
- Generous benefit schemes, including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home & technology scheme and shopping discounts
Find more information about the many other benefits, including salary sacrifice schemes and campus nursery.
Additional Information:
If you would like to find out more or are interested in applying, please message, email or call Phil MacDonald - View email address on jobs.bradford.ac.uk, we would love to hear from you.
Further details:
Confronting Inequality : Celebrating Diversity
At the University of Bradford we accept people for who they are regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sex, marital status, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or socio-economic background and whether you’re pregnant or on maternity leave.
In line with the University’s commitment to equality charters including Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Disability Confident and Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme, we welcome applications from people identifying with these characteristics. The University has a number of staff networks which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff who hold these and other identities.
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