Payroll Manager in Stourbridge

There's no retainer and no ongoing contract — our fee is only payable on a successful placement, whether that's a one-off hire or an ongoing relationship.

No — there's never a cost to candidates. For employers, our fee is only payable on a successful placement.

No — nothing about your CV or your situation is shared with any employer, in this location or any other, without your explicit permission first.

Payroll Manager salaries in Stourbridge typically sit at £38.5k – £54.5k. £38.5k–£42k suits a standalone payroll role in an SME, running a smaller payroll end to end. £46k–£50k is average for an experienced manager with team support, rising to £54.5k in larger, more complex environments.

Payroll Manager sits toward the top of its own progression path in our experience — from here, moves in Stourbridge tend to be sideways into a broader remit or upward into wider finance leadership.

Every candidate we put forward has been spoken to and assessed against your specific requirement — not just keyword-matched from a database. That's the difference a Market Expert model makes.

Yes — Payroll Manager is one of the positions we place in Stourbridge, on both a permanent and temporary basis.

Recent examples include manufacturing businesses with roots in the town's industrial history and owner-managed smes needing a sole-charge finance hire — the specific mix varies, but that's representative of who we work with in Stourbridge.

Yes — you can search live jobs on our careers portal, but we'd always recommend a conversation with a Market Expert too, since not every Stourbridge vacancy we're working on is advertised publicly.

Both — many Stourbridge employers use temp-to-perm for a Payroll Manager hire as a low-risk way to trial someone before committing.

Yes — a working interview means the candidate spends a real day in the role, on your systems, with your actual workload, before either side commits. It's one of the ways we take the risk out of a new hire in Stourbridge.

Submit your CV and a Market Expert will be in touch to talk through your experience, what you're looking for, and any live Payroll Manager opportunities in Stourbridge that genuinely fit — free, confidential, and no obligation.

We recruit Payroll Manager positions across Stourbridge itself and the surrounding commuter towns and business parks — if you're just outside the immediate area, get in touch and we'll be straight with you about whether it's somewhere we can genuinely help.

Yes — briefing you properly on the role, the employer and realistic Stourbridge salary expectations before an interview is a standard part of how we work with every candidate.