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As the Group Payroll Manager you will oversee all aspects of in-house payroll processing across a multi-entity organisation, ensuring accurate and timely payments to approx. 1800 employees whilst adhering to the relevant laws and regulations that govern Payroll.
The role is based in Gloucester with hybrid working of three days per week in the office and two at home, managing a small and dedicated team with responsibility of 12 monthly payrolls across the UK & Ireland.
With an extensive understanding of payroll regulations and pensions, exceptional attention to detail, and great leadership skills, you will play a pivotal role in the efficiency, accuracy, and compliance of this core business function.
This is a hands-on role with an expectation that the Manager will get stuck in and support with all elements of the Payroll process, including tasks performed by the Payroll Advisors.
Responsibilities:
Team Management:
Managing a team of 3 Payroll Advisors with differing levels of skill
Developing skillsets, training, delivering performance management and workload distribution
Ensure the team are kept updated with knowledge on key Payroll attributes such as salary related employment law, working time directive, tax laws etc
Drive adherence to internal processes relating to data received from HR and Operational Teams
Encourage and drive a strong relationship with critical teams such as HR and Fleet
Instil a culture of confidentially and data protection
Ensure team resolve all payroll discrepancies and queries in a timely and accurate manner
Ability of all team to be able to manually calculate salaries
Behaviours:
Always present a positive professional manner to all business stakeholders and employees
Inspire a can-do, right first-time work ethic across the Team
Display a mentoring and considered approach to best practice, change and decision making
Take ownership and accountability for own actions and those of the team
Lead by example demonstrating the desired behaviours of the team to inspire others to follow
Compliance, Policy & Data Management:
Ensure adherence to all statutory requirements (HMRC, Tax, NI, Pensions)
Maintain accurate employee payroll records and always ensuring data integrity
Develop and implement payroll policies and procedures to ensure operational efficiency and compliance
Manage all issues relating to performance of the payroll system
Skills:
Influence, motivate and enable others to maximise their development potential
Act as a key point of contact for payroll escalations and internal stakeholders
Adopt a "Business Partnering" approach to all internal stakeholders
Excellent analytical and interpretation abilities
Confident, consistent, and diligent decision making
Clear and articulate communication and people skills
Manage any conflict and appropriate resolution when dealing with employee queries and disputes
Ability to work under intense pressure meeting key deadlines, with agility to change priorities quickly
Strong excel skills (v lookups, pivot tables etc)
Lead and own annual tasks such as NMW increases, pay reviews, reporting of benefits in kind, etc
Work with third parties to deliver the best solutions
A continuous improvement outlook, always looking forward but stabilising the as-is
Reporting:
- Creation of variance reporting as part of the payroll file preparation process
Generate monthly payroll reports, analysing data for accuracy and anomalies
Timely calculation and payment of PAYE taxes
Train and develop others' ability to produce required reporting
Respond to any external audit requirements as requested
What you will bring:
Ideally CIPP or CIPD qualified with a minimum of 5 years' ideally in a large multi-site organisation
Proven history of managing a Payroll function with a minimum of 1500 employees with multiple pay elements
Have a solid understanding of HR legislation to identify/complete any payroll related processing downstream
In-depth knowledge of UK payroll legislation, year end and P11D processes
Ability to lead, coach and mentor using a variety of tools and techniques
Excellent leadership and team management skills
Ability to articulate professionally with confidence and accuracy, with adaptable communication styles
A critical thinker, always evaluating and making sound judgements
A demonstrative continuous improvement mindset
Excellent analysis and evaluation skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Sage 50 Payroll - desirable
Knowledge of project ownership and delivery implementation (desirable)
Irish payroll knowledge (desirable)
This is a contract role for 6 months
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