Payroll Manager

We are currently supporting the recruitment of a Payroll Manager for our client based in Kettering. Our client works with SME organisation to deliver both HR and payroll services across the UK.  You will be working in a small team and reporting to the Operations Director and managing a team of three.

 

• Circa £40,000 dependent upon experience


• Monday to Friday 9.00am-5.30pm (30 mins lunch) – 40 hour working week


• This will be a hybrid role and will be 2/3 days in the office


• 25 days holiday plus Bank holidays  


• Health Cash Plan


• Life Assurance scheme (4 x salary)


• Employee Assistance Programme


• Gym membership subsidy

 

Duties:

• Support to and management of payroll team members


• Review and improve payroll processes to ensure maximum efficiency


• Completion of end-to-end processing of clients’ payrolls for a portfolio of clients, including processing salary, PAYE, BACS and pensions payments  


• To ensure sufficient cover in absence of team members


• Oversee the maintenance of payroll records for clients


• To support the payroll team in liaising with key contacts on all payroll related queries


• Oversee all payroll administration including filing, setting up new starters, HMRC tax codes


• Responsibility for calculating termination payments for leavers and statutory sickness, maternity, paternity, shared paternal leave and adoption payments etc


• Processing of P11Ds


• Processing increases and calculation of back pay


• Processing of month end RTI submissions


• Process Tax Year End submissions for all clients


• To regularly review the payroll processes in line with legislation and make recommendations for improvement

Skills and experience required:

• CIPP qualified / or part-qualified


• Previous experience of end-to-end payroll for multiple clients’ payrolls (Practice or Bureau)


• Experience of payroll software – Sage Payroll being advantageous and Microsoft Excel (pivot tables and VLOOKUPS)


• Experience of managing a small payroll team


• A strong team ethic with good communication skills


• Good attention to detail and the ability to organise and prioritise tasks to demanding deadlines


• Pro-active approach to identifying problems and formulating solutions