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Global Payroll & Benefits Manager
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Hybrid · London, United Kingdom
Experience
3 years
Job description
Global Payroll & Benefits Manager at Radiant, responsible for end-to-end multi-country payroll delivery and employee benefits programmes, and for scaling payroll systems with HiBob at the centre. The role sits within the People team and works closely with local HR, Finance and external payroll providers.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Hybrid · London, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
What you'll do
- Take ownership of end-to-end payroll delivery for assigned international entities.
- Manage, audit and execute multi-country payroll, covering payroll inputs, validation, approvals, funding coordination, reconciliations, statutory filings and post-payroll activities, with high accuracy and strict adherence to regional pay schedules.
- Lead the payroll calendar and operating cadence across countries, proactively managing dependencies, cut-offs, exceptions and risks so that employees are paid accurately and on time.
- Apply a strong understanding of legislation, statutory requirements and payroll practice across multiple jurisdictions, keeping processes compliant and appropriately controlled.
- Act as the main point of contact for external payroll providers and Employer of Record partners, holding them to agreed service levels.
- Resolve employee payroll queries promptly and clearly, escalating complex cases where needed.
- Support internal and external audits, providing accurate documentation and evidence of controls.
- Administer employee benefits across all countries, including pension, health insurance, life assurance and other local schemes.
- Manage annual renewals and open enrolment, and oversee joiner, leaver and life-event changes.
- Partner with brokers and providers, benchmarking our offering against local market practice and supporting recommendations on benefits strategy.
- Ensure benefits deductions and taxable benefits flow accurately into payroll and meet local reporting requirements.
- Support the design and rollout of benefits in new countries as Radiant expands.
- Act as functional lead for payroll technology projects, using HiBob to automate workflows, optimise system configuration and build custom reporting.
- Partner with local HR and Finance to ensure payroll inputs are complete, accurate and delivered within agreed timelines.
- Identify and deliver process improvements that reduce manual work, strengthen controls and support onboarding of new entities.
- Build and maintain clear payroll documentation, process maps and controls so the function can scale with the business.
What we're looking for
- Significant experience running multi-country payroll end to end, ideally across the UK, Europe and the US.
- Strong working knowledge of payroll legislation, tax and social security requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
- Hands-on experience administering employee benefits, including pensions and insured benefits.
- Experience managing outsourced payroll providers and Employer of Record partners.
- A track record of improving payroll processes and systems, with experience of HRIS and payroll platforms such as HiBob.
- Excellent attention to detail and a strong controls mindset, with advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills for reconciliations and reporting.
- Clear, confident communication with employees, Finance and senior stakeholders.
- Comfort working at pace in a fast-growing business, with the judgement to prioritise competing deadlines.
- Discretion and sound judgement when handling confidential employee data.
Your team
People team
Works closely with local HR, Finance and external payroll providers.
Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave
- A culture that emphasises results over hierarchy, process & ego
- Open communication, regular feedback
- Learning Time
- Health & Wellbeing: private medical insurance via Bupa
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Gympass subscription to a variety of gyms and wellbeing apps
- Participation in the company shares program
- Enhanced parental pay & leave
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About Radiant
Redefining how AI infrastructure is built
Radiant designs and operates AI-native cloud platforms engineered for sovereignty, performance, and scale. Its infrastructure powers GPU-native workloads, multi-tenant control planes, and high-performance AI systems designed for the most demanding environments.
Key facts
- AI infrastructure
- Builds purpose-built AI infrastructure - from powered land, to compute, to software
- Growing quickly across multiple countries
What they value
- Set the standard
- Inspire the change
- You're real and you're true to yourself