Foray Motor Group is the South West's award-winning Ford-only dealer group, with dealerships and service centres in Salisbury, Poole, Yeovil, Taunton, Andover, Shaftesbury, Bridgewater, Dorchester and Southampton. The 9 location group, with an annual turnover in excess of £150m, employs circa 400 people, in a wide variety of job roles, and has excellent opportunities for highly motivated, dedicated and talented people. Whether you’re a salesperson, a vehicle technician or in customer service, we would like to hear from you. And, if you haven’t yet built up experience in these areas, we have apprenticeships and training programmes to help you get settled in. At Foray we place great emphasis on developing our staff to equip you with the right skills and tools to succeed at everything you do. Position: We are looking to recruit a Payroll Manager to join our Payroll & HR Team. As Payroll Manager at Foray, you will take ownership of the end to end payroll processing with support from our Payroll Administrator. We are processing one monthly payroll with c. 400 employees. The successful candidate will be critical to ensuring we maintain accurate monthly processing of payroll and ensuring timely processing of statutory payments to HMRC, as well as having the ability to shape the payroll department to ensure we offer a great customer experience, utilising the latest technology and efficient processes. Duties Develop efficient systems and processes to process payroll transactions as effectively as possible and ensuring we met the legal requirement through HMRC in relation to processing payments and regular reporting Coordinate timekeeping, HRIS and payroll systems Processing all payroll related payments to external parties in a timely manner (HMRC, Pension, etc.) Oversee processing of payroll changes (e.g. new hires, terminations, raises) and system upgrades Ensure compliance with relevant government legislation and internal policies Responsible for processing all benefit in kind and expenses through payroll systems Supervise and coach payroll administrator Liaise with auditors and manage payroll audits Requirements: Proven experience as a payroll manager or similar role and experience leading a small team Current knowledge of payroll procedures and related laws In-depth current and comprehensive payroll knowledge, with a working understanding of benefits in kind Familiarity with payroll software/ HRIS and MS Office (especially Excel), experience of Iris Payroll desirable, but not essential Ability to build relationships with key stakeholders and provide a high level of customer service Hours: Monday – Friday, 37.50 hours per week Location: Hybrid, the role will be primarily based at our Head Office in Salisbury, with an opportunity to work up to 2 days per week from home, once training is complete, and there will be requirements to travel to our other locations based in the South West to attend meetings and build stakeholder relationships. Salary: £40,000.00 - £45,000.00, OTE and DOE Start Date: Ideally we are looking for a candidate that is able to start work for us No later than mid-November, to allow time for a handover with our current Payroll Manager. Other information: Foray Motor Group is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of gender, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion/belief, gender reassignment and gender identity, age and those with caring responsibilities. Please consider the following when making your application: We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive sufficient volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early We are not able to offer sponsorship for people living outside the UK If you need any support throughout the application or interview process, please make the a member of our team or the Hiring Manager aware. We advertise our vacancies to attract candidates. If we require agency assistance we will contact agencies directly. Any speculative CVs we receive will not be accepted as an introduction. Please check out and like/follow our socials for more information: X - https://x.com/ForayMotorGroup Facebook - Foray Motor Group Instagram - Foray Motor Group (foraymotorgroup) LinkedIn - Foray Motor Group