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Payroll & Benefits Manager, Stoke-on-Trent
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Location:
Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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Yes
Job Reference:
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3
Posted:
05.05.2025
Expiry Date:
19.06.2025
Job Description:
Your company
Your new role
The Payroll & Benefits Manager will manage end-to-end payroll and employee benefits for approximately 450 employees, ensuring that services are simple for customers (people managers and colleagues) and compliant with policies and statutory requirements.
* Monitor and manage the services provided by payroll providers L&G pension, EdenRed, Medicash, Cyclescheme (EV Scheme)
* Facilitate annual renewals of life assurance and protection policies.
* Support the HR Director with HR process controls and checks as required, in line with audit, risk, and governance requirements.
* Identify opportunities to drive efficiencies within payroll processes and push to improve service delivery.
* Be the key contact point for 3rd party benefit providers.
* Review the effectiveness of current benefits provision, providing recommendations for improvement where appropriate.
* Drive awareness of benefits offering with employees to maximize benefit utilization.
* Upskill the HR operational team on payroll to provide backup cover.
* Own the annual salary review process.
* Work with the HR Director to develop and implement a total reward framework and flexible benefits.
What you'll need to succeed
Ideally CIPP Qualified.
* Experience of managing end-to-end payroll processes.
* Experience of cloud-based HRIS/technology and managing 3rd party relationships.
* Sound understanding of HR processes and people-related legislation.
* Analytical skills, able to interpret data and trends and take appropriate action.
* Excellent working knowledge and experience of managing salary sacrifice benefit schemes (including CTW & EV).
* Ability to manage benefits across multiple platforms and manual processes.
* Prior experience of managing the annual salary review process linked to salary ranges and performance.
* Highly proficient/expert level competence using Microsoft Excel.
* Strong IT skills and confidence in using MS Office suite (Outlook, Teams, Word, SharePoint).
What you'll get in return
Be part of a small but friendly team.
On-site parking will be available with the office-based work 4 days per week.
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