Senior Payroll Manager
Posted 7 days ago
- Maidenhead, Berkshire
- Any
- External
- Expires In 3 months
About Costain and the team you are working with:
This role is offering an exciting and challenging opportunity to drive, deliver and add value to a new in-house payroll Team. Following 12 years of outsourcing our payroll we are now bringing our payroll back in house and are looking for an experienced payroll specialist to support implementation and thereafter be accountable for the operation of payroll.
We are looking for an individual who is passionate about payroll with a keen eye for detail. Somebody who lives by our Costain values of integrity, customer focus, safety and wellbeing and environment and social responsibility. Demonstrating this through behaviours such as collaboration, curiosity, courage and caring.
Role Purpose
Implement and deliver an accurate, compliant and on-time Costain payroll operation.
Provide leadership and expert payroll guidance, support and training to a new Payroll and HR Services team.
Keep up to date with legislative updates, always ensuring compliance and communicating the impacts on our people.
Establish and maintain a suitable control environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Ensure the weekly and monthly payrolls are processed accurately, on time and in line with business and legislative requirements.
Lead and develop a small team of payroll experts.
Work with the existing team and other stakeholders to set up and establish the system, process, controls and team accountabilities for the new in-house payroll service. This will include system testing, parallel running and system cutover.
Own and Manage the Oracle payroll system, ensuring changes to the payroll are made in a controlled and effective manner.
Define and manage an appropriate payroll control environment meeting Costain’s financial and audit requirements.
Act as the Company Subject Matter Expert on payroll, advising team members and other colleagues as required.
Issue cash, cheques or bank transfers for employee payments, depending on the business.
Work with HMRC to ensure all statutory reporting requirements are met.
Audit the payroll to make sure it satisfies all government regulations.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as Finance and Audit to ensure that payroll information is accurate and managed in line with financial controls.
Carry out payroll data analysis and reporting.
Develop and improve payroll procedure in line with best practice.
Work together with other members of the HR Services Leadership Team to develop the overall HR Service to be as efficient and effective as possible and a great place to work.
This role is offering an exciting and challenging opportunity to drive, deliver and add value to a new in-house payroll Team. Following 12 years of outsourcing our payroll we are now bringing our payroll back in house and are looking for an experienced payroll specialist to support implementation and thereafter be accountable for the operation of payroll.
We are looking for an individual who is passionate about payroll with a keen eye for detail. Somebody who lives by our Costain values of integrity, customer focus, safety and wellbeing and environment and social responsibility. Demonstrating this through behaviours such as collaboration, curiosity, courage and caring.
Role Purpose
Implement and deliver an accurate, compliant and on-time Costain payroll operation.
Provide leadership and expert payroll guidance, support and training to a new Payroll and HR Services team.
Keep up to date with legislative updates, always ensuring compliance and communicating the impacts on our people.
Establish and maintain a suitable control environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Ensure the weekly and monthly payrolls are processed accurately, on time and in line with business and legislative requirements.
Lead and develop a small team of payroll experts.
Work with the existing team and other stakeholders to set up and establish the system, process, controls and team accountabilities for the new in-house payroll service. This will include system testing, parallel running and system cutover.
Own and Manage the Oracle payroll system, ensuring changes to the payroll are made in a controlled and effective manner.
Define and manage an appropriate payroll control environment meeting Costain’s financial and audit requirements.
Act as the Company Subject Matter Expert on payroll, advising team members and other colleagues as required.
Issue cash, cheques or bank transfers for employee payments, depending on the business.
Work with HMRC to ensure all statutory reporting requirements are met.
Audit the payroll to make sure it satisfies all government regulations.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as Finance and Audit to ensure that payroll information is accurate and managed in line with financial controls.
Carry out payroll data analysis and reporting.
Develop and improve payroll procedure in line with best practice.
Work together with other members of the HR Services Leadership Team to develop the overall HR Service to be as efficient and effective as possible and a great place to work.