Senior Payroll and Benefits Specialist, Clio
EMEA
£56.1-66k
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Legal practice management software
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Legal practice management software
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£56.1-66k
Salary is applicable to GBP rates and may vary on further locations
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Clio's mission is to build cloud-based and client-centred technology that will transform the legal experience for all.
Role
Who you are
- Our ideal candidate thrives in high growth environments, brings deep regional payroll expertise and is passionate about building efficient, scalable processes that enhance employee experience across borders
- 5+ years of end-to-end payroll experience across the EMEA region—must include UK, Ireland and wider Europe
- Strong working knowledge of HMRC, Revenue (Ireland), Social Security and tax reporting and regional statutory regulations
- Workday payroll/HRIS platform experience
- Experience supporting or coordinating global payrolls
- Advanced Excel skills and ability to work with complex datasets
- Proven success in fast-paced, high-growth environments
- Project management experience—especially in payroll system transitions or vendor management
- Familiarity with global payroll/EOR solutions such as CloudPay or Remote
- Excellent stakeholder management skills—you build trust across HR, Finance, Legal and external vendors
- Demonstrate a keen interest in improving your craft by using AI
- CIPP (UK) or IPASS (Ireland) qualification, or currently working toward one (preferred)
What the job involves
- In this role, you’ll take the lead on payroll operations across the EMEA region, ensuring compliant, timely, and accurate payroll processing while supporting our expanding global payroll needs
- You’ll be the go-to expert for EMEA payroll, particularly in the UK and Ireland, while also playing a critical role in global governance, vendor coordination and process improvement
- Own and deliver accurate, timely payrolls across EMEA, with deep expertise in the UK, Ireland and further European legislation and reporting (e.g., RTI, PAYE Modernisation, PRSI, USC, statutory leave/pay, etc.)
- Act as a subject matter expert in EMEA payroll, advising internal stakeholders and external vendors on compliance and best practices
- Support global payroll coordination across multiple regions (e.g., APAC, LATAM, North America), working closely with in-country providers
- Partner with HR, Finance, auditors and tax authorities to ensure accurate reporting, vendor governance and operational compliance
- Manage and respond to complex employee payroll queries escalated through our People team ticketing system
- Lead or support cross-functional projects including payroll system upgrades, vendor transitions, compliance reviews and HRIS integrations (e.g. Workday)
- Support offboarding management, ensuring compliance and seamless employee transitions in collaboration with IT, HRBPs and Total Rewards
- Maintain meticulous process documentation, improve knowledge sharing across the People function and ensure data integrity across systems
- Monitor payroll and employee data trends (qualitative and quantitative) using tools like Workday to inform business decisions and improvements
Our take
Modern law firms increasingly manage their work digitally but the lack of a specialised remote solution means that workflows have become fragmented. This leads to legal practice managers having to juggle multiple software solutions across various devices.
Clio provides a legal practice management platform designed for law firms, allowing users to manage billing for legal aid cases, access and manage documents and store files across multiple devices. Whilst other startups are operating in this niche, Clio has uniquely focussed on synchronisation across remote devices and on a wide range of integrations, allowing the user to access information from other industry standard software such as Xero and Klyant from within a single interface.
Clio has raised a large amount of investment capital and benefited from the COVID-era move to cloud technologies. Most recently, it raised a 2024 Series F round, which saw the company attain a valuation exceeding $3 billion. This funding is being used to accelerate AI development and to allow existing investors and employees to cash out their shares.
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Company benefits
- Company equity
- $500 contribution when you become a parent and/or guardian
- 4-week minimum vacation
- Work from home when you need to (role-specific)
- Parental leave options for moms and dads
- Customizable extended health benefits (including $2000 per year to spend on counseling)
- Wellness programs including an onsite naturopath physiotherapist, and RMT (location-dependent), healthy snacks, and exercise classes
- Pension plans 🇪🇺
Company HQ
Burnaby, BC
Leadership
Jack Newton
(Founder & CEO)Experience as Director of Product Development for Chenomx Inc. from 2004 to 2009. Advisor for Logikcull.com, dealcloser, and Athennian.
Rian Gauvreau
(Board Member)Experience developing legal technology for Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP from 2000 to 2008. Graduated the University of British Columbia with an M.B.A. in Strategic Management in 2011.
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