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About the Role

The EMEA Payroll Manager leads payroll operations across multiple EMEA countries, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery. This role involves leading regional payroll teams, managing vendor relationships, driving process improvements, supporting transformation projects, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end payroll operations across multiple EMEA countries.
Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing.
Manage relationships with payroll providers and key internal stakeholders.
Act as the escalation point for complex payroll matters and issue resolution.
Support, coach, and coordinate regional payroll team members.
Drive payroll process standardisation, optimisation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Develop and maintain payroll procedures, controls, and documentation.
Lead payroll-related projects, including system implementations, harmonisation, and transformation initiatives.
Partner with HR, Finance, IT, and external vendors on cross-functional projects.
Drive change management and adoption of new payroll processes and technologies.
Ensure compliance with local labour laws, tax regulations, and company policies.
Manage payroll governance, risk controls, and SOX audit requirements.
Monitor legislative changes across the EMEA region and implement required updates.
Deliver a high-quality payroll service that supports employees and business stakeholders.

Requirements

Significant payroll management experience across multiple EMEA countries.
Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, tax regulations, and compliance requirements within EMEA.
Experience managing third-party payroll providers and outsourced payroll services.
Proven leadership experience, including team management, coaching, and development.
Experience leading payroll transformation, process improvement, or system implementation projects.
Strong understanding of payroll controls, governance, audit, and SOX requirements.
Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate across HR, Finance, IT, and senior leadership teams.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
Experience working within a complex, multinational organisation.
Advanced Excel skills and experience with payroll and HR systems.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Payroll management
EMEA payroll legislation
Tax regulations
Compliance
Vendor management
Team leadership
Coaching
Process improvement
System implementation
Payroll controls
Governance
SOX compliance
Stakeholder management
Analytical skills
Problem-solving
Decision-making
Attention to detail
Excel
Payroll systems
HR systems
Change management

Location

London

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Managerial
Senior

About the Company

Cushman & Wakefield is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer.
Cushman & Wakefield is committed to equity in employment, and our goal is to have a diverse, inclusive and barrier-free workplace.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
If you are a person with a disability and need any other accessible accommodations during the hiring process, you are invited to bring this to the Talent Acquisition Advisor’s attention once they have made contact.