Company Overview:

LEGO Digital Play (LDP) will bring the LEGO brand into digital entertainment in new, innovative, and wholly owned ways. Our mission is to ensure the LEGO Brand remains as powerfully a part of children’s lives in the next 20 years as it has been for the past 60. We aim to reach every kid on the planet, their parents, and adult fans of LEGO - and provide them with meaningful, magical, and playful new experiences.

We are in the earliest phases of this new company, offering a unique opportunity to build a new entity for the world's most beloved and trusted brand. Our culture is open, collaborative, intellectually rigorous, and creatively vibrant.

Position Overview:

We are looking for a highly experienced Payroll Manager with experience implementing and managing global payroll processes to join our People & Culture team at LEGO Digital Play. In this role, you will take full ownership of end-to-end global payroll operations, starting with identifying an appropriate payroll platform to support our global operations, implement and embed the system and build processes to ensure our people are paid accurately and on time across all global entities. You will be responsible for managing payroll compliance, driving process improvements, and partnering closely with Finance to deliver a seamless payroll experience. You will review and integrate other systems, for example our new HR and ERP systems. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, start-up to scale-up environment and wants to build cohesive global payroll processes and implement a modern payroll system from the ground up.

• Manage the selection & implementation of a new global payroll system, either a dedicated best-in-class system or an integrated solution within the new HRIS/ERP solution

• Build effective payroll processes across all entities or refine existing processes to meet our evolving needs

• Manage end-to-end global payroll processing for all UK, DK employees and across any other jurisdictions as we expand in over time, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with local regulations

• Own the relationship with global payroll providers and tax authorities in the countries we operation in, ensuring all statutory filings, pension auto-enrolment, and tax obligations are met

• Develop, document, and continuously improve payroll processes, controls, and SOPs to support a scaling organisation

• Partner with Finance to ensure seamless payroll reconciliation, journal entries, and alignment with budgeting and forecasting cycles

• Manage all payroll-related queries from employees, providing a high-quality and responsive service

• Oversee benefits selection and administration including pensions and other payroll-related benefits such as salary sacrifice schemes

• Ensure compliance with global employment tax legislation and keep abreast of regulatory changes that impact payroll operations, including but not limited to GDPR compliance

• Support audits by maintaining accurate payroll records and providing data as required

• Collaborate with the HR Tech Stack Manager to optimise payroll systems and integrations with HRIS platforms, and other systems where appropriate

Qualifications:

• Extensive global payroll management, ideally within a tech start-up or high-growth environment.

• Strong knowledge of global payroll legislation, including tax obligations, pension auto-enrolment, and statutory payments.

• Experience managing multi-country payroll and tax processes is highly desirable.

• Proficiency with payroll software and HRIS platforms; experience with system implementations is a plus.

• Exceptional attention to detail and a methodical approach to problem-solving.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex payroll matters clearly to non-specialists.

• Experience in the gaming, technology, and/or digital sector is a bonus.