Job Overview
– North Liverpool – up to £64k per annum D.O.E – Permanent – Full Time – Hybrid Working
Seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to join a very well established, large and successful organisation. You will be required to actively manage both weekly and monthly payroll activity along with the Group’s compensation and benefits scheme. Providing efficient support and guidance to the wider payroll team, ensuring a professional and compliant approach at all times.
Some fantastic benefits offered including a generous holiday package, hybrid working, company pension, Medicash, buy and sell holiday scheme, cycle to work scheme and much more!
Main Responsibilities
1. Lead, manage and develop the Group’s payroll function, bringing in best practice and process improvements
2. Keeping abreast and adhering to continuously changing payroll legislation by studying existing and new legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management of updates that need to be complied with
3. Manage the Group’s compensation and benefits offering, including life assurance and private medical insurance, along with all salary sacrifice benefits
4. Management of the Flexible Benefits scheme online portal, communications and the renewal of benefits within the scheme window
5. Reconcile payroll reports ahead of submission to pension providers
6. Work as an internal consultant and expert advisor on all payroll, compensation and benefit related matters
7. Coordinate the annual salary review and bonus scheme processes
8. Oversee the processing of monthly and weekly payrolls with a right first time approach
9. Ensure compliance for Year End activities including P11d, P60, FPS and EPS submissions and reconciliations
10. Managing payroll team members and supporting their development; strengthening and improving payroll skills across the team; providing training where required
11. Continuous improvement of the payroll system and benefits system including testing fixes and updates as and when required
12. Oversee the processing of the Flexible Benefits scheme across the Company to ensure completed correctly in line with external provider deadlines
13. Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
14. Project manage the absorbing of other payrolls after future acquisition
15. Be fully up to date and knowledgeable of all Company policies and procedures in order to deliver the highest standards of payroll advice to employees
16. Provide proactive payroll support to the wider HR team, line managers and employees
17. Adhere to internal reporting deadlines and obligations using agreed systems and processes, including, and not limited, to payroll software, spreadsheet packages such as MS Excel and payroll procedure manuals
18. Ability to prioritise and meet strict deadlines
19. Communicate professionally and effectively with stakeholders internal and external to the HR and payroll function, identifying the appropriate communication media for each situation
20. Demonstrate in all tasks and interactions the professional ethical standards relevant to the HR and payroll profession, Company values and role whilst adhering to legal requirements such as the principles of confidentiality
21. Adhere to GDPR legislation
22. Any other responsibilities deemed suitable to the role and where trained to do so
The successful candidate will have previously worked within a similar role as a Payroll Manager, have knowledge of SAP, managed a team, manual calculations experience and processed various benefits.