Job Description

Curve was founded with a rebellious spirit, and a lofty vision; to truly simplify your finances, so you can focus on what matters most in life.

That’s why Curve puts your finances simply at your fingertips, so you can make smart choices on how to spend, send, see and save your money. We help you control your financial life, so you can go out and live the life you want to live.

With Curve you can spend from all your accounts, track spend behaviour and provide insights, and security to protect you from fraud. For the first time giving you bright insights and control of all your money in one beautiful place.

We’re developing a ground-breaking product with our customers at the core. Our user base is growing rapidly and we have exceptional metrics. We have funding from the leading names in tech investment, and a visionary leadership team who wants everyone who joins this remarkable adventure, to have the autonomy to masterfully develop their expertise.

Welcome to Curve. On a mission to help you live inspired.

💡 Role Purpose:

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Specialist for a fixed term contract of 6 months within our People Operations team. You will be responsible for the outsourced processing of our UK and Lithuania payrolls, and working with ourEOR partner in five additional European countries.

This is a hands-on, individual contributor role that requires someone who is extremely detail oriented, can work to tight deadlines, and will develop and value relationships with both internal and external partners. Your role is pivotal in ensuring our team members are paid on an accurate and timely basis, and that any queries are dealt with quickly and efficiently.

At Curve we empower our teams and believe we offer outstanding learning experiences for curious, driven and mission-led individuals. In addition to managing our payroll processes, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to get involved in broader People Operations initiatives in line with your strengths and interests.

🔑 What you’ll be doing:

Payroll Processing

• Work closely with our payroll providers (CloudPay, Grant Thornton) to ensure accurate and timely end-to-end payroll processing for employees in the UK and Lithuania.
• Process starters, leavers and contractual changes.
• Calculate holiday pay, SMP, SPP and SSP.
• Complete P45s, P60s and P11Ds.
• Manage auto-enrolment activities.

Compliance Assurance

• Stay up to date with HMRC regulations, ensuring payroll activities adhere to legal requirements.

Data Integrity

• Assist in maintaining accurate and updated employee records, managing changes in employment status, new hires and terminations.

Pay-rolled Benefits Administration

• Handle pay-rolling of employee benefits, including pension schemes and other deductions, ensuring consistency.

Employee Queries

• Address payroll-related queries and concerns promptly, providing clear and concise guidance to remote and on-site employees.

Collaborative Support

• Coordinate closely with People and Finance teams, ensuring seamless information flow and accuracy of payroll data and supporting annual audits.

🧠 What you’ll bring:

• Proven experience running payrolls across multiple geographies, including strong working knowledge of UK payroll regulations.
• Experience working with outsourced payroll providers and managing payroll processes through third-party partners.
• Demonstrable knowledge of auto-enrolment.
• Strong attention to detail, with a track record of maintaining payroll accuracy and data integrity.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and external payroll providers.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence handling payroll-related queries.
• Highly organised and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership and deliver with minimal supervision.
• Ability to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
• Previous experience working with CloudPay and/or HiBob is advantageous.
• Knowledge of global payroll practices would be beneficial.

🎯 What success looks like here:

• Payrolls across the UK, Lithuania andEOR partners are processed accurately and on time, with strong ownership of payroll deadlines and minimal errors.
• Payroll providers and internal stakeholders are effectively managed, ensuring payroll queries are resolved efficiently and payroll activities run smoothly.
• Payroll processes remain compliant with relevant regulations and reporting requirements, supported by accurate records and strong attention to detail.
• Payroll operations are managed independently and proactively, with issues identified and resolved before they impact employees or business operations.

🎈 Benefits:

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Bonus days off for Learning & Development, Mental Wellbeing, Birthday, Moving House & Christmas
• Bupa Health Insurance (YuLife)
• Life insurance powered by AIG (5x Annual Salary)
• Pension Scheme powered by “People’s Pension”
• EAP (Mental health & wellbeing support, Life coach, Career coach)
• 24/7 GP access (Smart Health via YuLife)
• Annual subscriptions to Meditopia & FIIT for your mind and body (via YuLife)
• Discounted shopping vouchers (via YuLife)
• Enhanced parental leave
• Ride to work scheme & Season ticket loan
• Six nights of Night Nanny for new parents
• Free Curve subscription for you and your +1

📝 A note from us:

• We know that great candidates don’t always tick every single box. If this role excites you and you think you’d be a great fit, we want to hear from you.
• We design our hiring process to be fair, inclusive, and practical. If you ever need adjustments or feel there’s a way we can improve - we’re all ears.

Key Accountabilities

None

Requirements

• Location: Remote (UK Based) - You must be based in the UK.
• Eligibility: You must have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Benefits

None