Regional Payroll Manager

 PURPOSE OF ROLE 

Insight is a Fortune 500 Solutions Integrator helping organisations accelerate transformation by unlocking the power of people and technology. With a strong foundation in hardware and software supply chain, augmented by deep expertise in cloud, data, AI, cybersecurity and intelligent edge, we guide organisations through complex digital decisions to achieve extraordinary results. 

The Finance function is responsible for all aspects of Insight's financial management including the acquisition and utilisation of all funds necessary for the organisation to operate efficiently, and the controlling and planning of financial resources. 

Our Regional Payroll Manager (EMEA) is responsible for the administration and oversight of payroll operations across the EMEA region, spanning multiple countries (15+), currencies, legal entities, and approximately 3,000 teammates, as part of and in alignment with our Global Payroll Operation. Responsible for end-to-end payroll compliance, accuracy, and service delivery in a multi-country environment, working through a mix of in-country and managed payroll. Responsible for harmonising disparate payroll operations following corporate acquisitions. The Manager interfaces daily with all levels of management and teammates across the region as well as with other teammates in the Global Payroll Operation and ensures the payroll teams’ service levels are met. 

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Global alignment: Ensure alignment of the EMEA payroll operation with Global Payroll Operation standards, policies, practices. 

• Multi-country delivery: Ensure accuracy, efficiency, and compliance across multiple EMEA countries, currencies, pay frequencies, and corporate company codes, delivered through in-country and managed payroll providers. 

• Vendor & ICP Governance: Manage, audit, and oversee all regional payroll vendors, managed service partners, and external tax advisors. Strictly govern SLAs, establish key performance metrics, and lead rigorous monthly reconciliation and variance analyses. 

• M&A Harmonisation: Lead the onboarding, system migration, and process standardisation of newly acquired entities, successfully transitioning legacy local payroll methods into our centralised regional delivery ecosystem. 

• Statutory compliance and reporting: Maintain end-to-end payroll compliance with regional statutory and regulatory frameworks, including income tax (e.g. PAYE and local equivalents), social security and social security/insurance schemes, statutory pensions, and government-mandated benefits, together with associated filings, trackers, and deadlines. 

• Pay transparency and pay equity: Partner with HR, Compensation and Legal teams to champion compliance surrounding the EU Pay Transparency Directive and related local legislation, overseeing gender pay gap analytics and statutory right-to-information reporting. 

• Data protection: Ensure compliance with UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and, where applicable, EU GDPR and local data-protection laws in the collection, handling, storage, and cross-border transfer of payroll and personal data. 

• Financial Reporting & Accounting: Ensure the timely delivery of month-end reporting packages to corporate accounting, encompassing general ledger payroll journal entries, holiday accruals, cross-currency funding files, and localised variance trackers. 

• Year-End & Statutory Filings: Direct and validate all critical periodic, quarterly, and year-end statutory filings (e.g., UK P60/P11D routines and local European/Middle Eastern equivalents). 

• Internal Controls & SOX: Act as the primary owner for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) control compliance across all regional payroll processes, continually validating audit trails and segregation of duties. 

• Audit Collaboration: Serve as the chief point of contact and subject matter expert for internal tax teams, internal audit boards, and external statutory corporate auditors across EMEA. 

• Time & Attendance Management: Oversee and audit local timekeeping configurations and attendance tracking modules to guarantee downstream data accuracy and labour-time compliance. 

• Process Automation & AI: Actively pioneer initiatives to minimise manual workflows by leveraging automation software and AI tools in strict alignment with Company AI policies. 

• Strategic Compensation Operations: Direct complex regional pay elements, including cross-border shadow payrolls, expatriate arrangements, and equity-based compensation vehicles (RSU and ESPP tracking). 

• Team Development: Provide effective leadership, cross-cultural mentorship, and technical development to the regional payroll team. 

Essential	Desirable
Degree-level education, relevant professional qualification, or equivalent professional experience.	Professional payroll qualification, such as CIPP, or equivalent.
Significant experience managing complex, multi-country payroll operations, including experience of leading or supervising others.	Experience managing payroll across multiple EMEA countries through in-country and/or managed payroll providers.
Strong knowledge of EMEA statutory payroll requirements, including income tax, social security, statutory benefits and pensions, and country-specific compliance.	Working knowledge of the EU Pay Transparency Directive and its implications for pay-data reporting and pay equity.
Working knowledge of UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and data-protection obligations as they relate to payroll and employee data.
AI-literate, with the ability and willingness to learn and utilise AI and automation tools in regular payroll operations, in alignment with Company AI policy.	Experience using automation tools to improve payroll processes, accuracy or reporting.
Experience of payroll data management across multiple jurisdictions.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft 365 Power Platform tools, and global enterprise payroll/reporting platforms and integrations, such as ADP, Workday or similar.	Experience supporting payroll transformation, system migration, integration or process standardisation activity.