Payroll Manager East Lancashire £45,000 Hybrid working Full time
Your new company
Your new company is a well established manufacturing business, based in the heart of East Lancashire. Following recent expansion and continued growth plans, they are now seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to join their team on a permanent and full time basis.
Your new role
In your new role as Payroll Manager, you will be fully accountable for the accurate, compliant, and timely delivery of monthly UK payroll across the Group. This role owns the end to end payroll process, from data collection and submission to their external provider through to quality assurance and final sign off. As the payroll subject-matter expert, you will lead on payroll, tax, and statutory compliance, ensuring gross to net accuracy and actively preventing and recovering overpayments. You will manage and challenge the external payroll provider to agreed service standards, while retaining full internal ownership of all payroll outputs.
A key focus is strengthening payroll controls and processes - reducing risk, improving data integrity, and implementing sustainable improvements. You will line manage the Payroll Co-ordinator, with a key focus on aiding their development and progression into a more senior position whilst working closely with Finance and HR to deliver a resilient, well-controlled payroll operation. This is a full-time role, working Monday to Friday.