We are currently supporting the recruitment of a Payroll Manager for our client based in Kettering. Our client works with SME organisation to deliver both HR and payroll services across the UK. You will be working in a small team and reporting to the Operations Director and managing a team of three.
* Circa £40,000 dependent upon experience
* Monday to Friday 9.00am-5.30pm (30 mins lunch) – 40 hour working week
* This will be a hybrid role and will be 2/3 days in the office
* 25 days holiday plus Bank holidays
* Health Cash Plan
* Life Assurance scheme (4 x salary)
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Gym membership subsidy
Duties:
* Support to and management of payroll team members
* Review and improve payroll processes to ensure maximum efficiency
* Completion of end-to-end processing of clients’ payrolls for a portfolio of clients, including processing salary, PAYE, BACS and pensions payments
* To ensure sufficient cover in absence of team members
* Oversee the maintenance of payroll records for clients
* To support the payroll team in liaising with key contacts on all payroll related queries
* Oversee all payroll administration including filing, setting up new starters, HMRC tax codes
* Responsibility for calculating termination payments for leavers and statutory sickness, maternity, paternity, shared paternal leave and adoption payments etc
* Processing of P11Ds
* Processing increases and calculation of back pay
* Processing of month end RTI submissions
* Process Tax Year End submissions for all clients
* To regularly review the payroll processes in line with legislation and make recommendations for improvement
Skills and experience required:
* CIPP qualified / or part-qualified
* Previous experience of end-to-end payroll for multiple clients’ payrolls (Practice or Bureau)
* Experience of payroll software – Sage Payroll being advantageous and Microsoft Excel (pivot tables and VLOOKUPS)
* Experience of managing a small payroll team
* A strong team ethic with good communication skills
* Good attention to detail and the ability to organise and prioritise tasks to demanding deadlines
* Pro-active approach to identifying problems and formulating solutions