Job Description
Join Catch22 as our Interim Payroll Manager and play a central role in delivering a best-in-class payroll service for our people. You’ll lead a proactive, customer-focused payroll function, ensuring colleagues are paid accurately and on time, and supporting smooth onboarding.
The Payroll Team is responsible for ensuring that salaries are paid correctly, on time and in compliance with HMRC rules.
Based in Brasted (with hybrid working), you’ll oversee all aspects of payroll delivery, manage the iTrent system, and work closely with People, Finance, and the wider organisation. You’ll provide clear payroll advice, mentor people coordinators, and help shape and automate processes for an excellent user experience.
We’re looking for someone with initiative, strong payroll expertise, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively to improve efficiency and support our inclusive culture.
As the Payroll Manager you will be solely responsible for ensuring that the organisation’s payroll and pension schemes are run in the most efficient manner, ensuring accurate payments are made to staff on time, and ensuring that all tax law and other associated regulations are complied with.
You will have the ability to demonstrate initiative and a proactive approach to work, be able and comfortable to work unsupervised and work across teams to solve problems and to be able to improve the efficiency of the existing processes.
You will also need to manage various priorities and work within tight deadlines and provide an excellent customer focused service to every customer whether internal or external and ensure that issues are resolved on the first occasion wherever possible.
You will develop close working relationships with colleagues in the People Services team as well as other key corporate and group functions to promote best practice to achieve accurate payroll processing.
Qualifications
We are looking for someone that has:
1. A full membership (or equivalent) of the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals and a commitment to continuous learning
2. Degree or relevant professional qualification
3. Knowledge of MHR iTrent System
4. Systems and digital solutions knowledge
5. HMRC guidance and pension legislation knowledge
6. Strong knowledge of payroll regulations, legislation and procedures.
7. Proficiency in payroll software - iTrent / People First
8. Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
9. Payroll system set up and implementation experience
10. Ability to handle confidential information with integrity
11. Strong communication and problem-solving skills
12. The ability to work effectively under pressure
Please read the and person specification here for full details.