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Middlemore is a specialist executive search and recruitment firm connecting organisations with exceptional talent across Global Payroll, HR, HRIS, Finance, Reward and wider corporate functions. We partner with businesses ranging from high-growth and private equity-backed companies to FTSE-listed organisations and complex global enterprises, helping them identify the people required to strengthen operations, deliver transformation and support sustainable international growth. 

Middlemore’s expertise extends beyond traditional recruitment. We work closely with clients to understand their broader business objectives, operating models, technology environments and transformation priorities. This enables us to provide informed advice and introduce professionals who bring the right combination of payroll expertise, leadership capability, technical knowledge and cultural alignment. Our services include executive search, permanent recruitment, contract and interim solutions, talent mapping, salary benchmarking, succession planning and wider market intelligence.

We support appointments across the complete payroll and HR lifecycle. This includes operational and strategic payroll leadership, global payroll transformation, HRIS and payroll implementation, programme and project management, change, data migration, testing, governance, compliance, vendor management and post-implementation optimisation. Our network includes senior leaders and specialist practitioners with experience across leading global payroll, HCM and workforce management platforms.

Middlemore also works closely with payroll technology providers, implementation partners, EOR, payment platforms and professional services organisations. These relationships give us a broad view of the global payroll ecosystem and the challenges organisations face when selecting technology, consolidating vendors, entering new markets or scaling international operations. We can therefore support clients not only with talent acquisition, but also with relevant market insight and introductions across the wider industry.

We believe recruitment partnerships should provide value well beyond the delivery of a shortlist. Our team invests time in understanding each organisation’s strategy, structure and future capability requirements, enabling us to act as an informed extension of the client’s business. We provide honest market feedback, realistic salary guidance and access to highly regarded professionals who are often not actively seeking a new opportunity.

As global payroll continues to become more strategic, data-led and technology-enabled, organisations require leaders who can balance operational accuracy with compliance, transformation and commercial thinking. Middlemore helps businesses secure this capability while supporting payroll professionals in advancing their careers.

Through our involvement with the global payroll community, including industry associations, events, roundtables and thought-leadership initiatives, we remain closely connected to emerging trends and priorities. Our ambition is to contribute positively to the profession, strengthen the visibility of payroll leadership and help organisations create resilient, future-ready functions capable of supporting an increasingly complex global workforce. We are committed to building long-term partnerships founded on trust, specialist knowledge, responsive delivery and consistently high professional standards.