People Services & Payroll Operations Lead

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced and forward‑thinking People Services & Payroll Operations Lead to lead and modernise our people services and payroll function. This senior role provides strategic and operational leadership to our People Services team, ensuring the delivery of a high‑quality, compliant and efficient payroll service for all SCAS employees.

You will act as the Trust’s internal payroll expert, overseeing our outsourced payroll and pensions provider while strengthening internal processes, controls, customer service and data integrity. This is a key opportunity to rebuild capability, stabilise services, and drive improvement across the employee lifecycle.

Working closely with Finance, HR, Workforce Information and senior operational leaders, you will play a critical role in ensuring staff are paid cor...