Are you passionate about Payroll? Are you excited about change and enjoy leading teams to deliver excellence? If you answered yes to both, this is the role for you.
We are seeking an experienced, forward thinking, Payroll Manager to lead the payroll team in delivering an excellent proactive service. You will manage the performance of a team and foster a culture of improvement and best practice that inspires staff to give their best in their roles during a period of exciting change within the organisation.
The main purpose of the role includes:
Managing the day-to-day operations of the Councils payroll service.
Lead in ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of the service.
Essential Requirements
The Payroll Manager will need to have the following knowledge, skills and experience:
CIPP Diploma in Payroll Management or equivalent.
Leading and managing a team, working to tight deadlines and resolving conflicting issues.
Exceptional communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
Comprehensive knowledge of UK payroll legislation and systems, particularly Oracle Fusion.
Knowledge of industry best practice and promoting different ways of working.
Interpret complex regulations and legislation in a payroll context, including public sector pension schemes.
Systems orientated, comfortable with computerised payroll systems and proficient in use of MS office applications.
Interpret and draw conclusions from a range of complex statistical and financial information, with attention to detail, and report this in a variety of formats for a wide, varied, audience.
Strong analytical and process design skills.
Plan, manage and monitor work programmes, to organise own and team’s workload, maintaining high quality delivery, and achieving set deadlines and targets.
Set performance standards and monitoring system and contribute to longer term strategic planning.
Demonstrate high standard of ethical and personal conduct.
If you feel this role is for you, please ensure your supporting statement gives examples of where you meet the essential requirements of this role
Permanent full time 36hrs per week
Closing date 19 September at 11:59pm
Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.
Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment