Purpose:
Payroll Manager role combines HR systems and payroll, leading a team of payroll and systems administrators to ensure smooth weekly and monthly payroll operations, along with related payroll and pensions activities. The role will oversee the planning, implementation, and evaluation of HR system improvements, ensuring alignment with operational needs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the end-to-end payroll process for all employees, including calculating wages, overtime, bonuses, deductions and benefits.
- Lead year-end payroll processes, including P60s, P11Ds, and annual reporting requirements.
- Collaborate with People and Finance teams to ensure alignment of payroll processes with company policies and procedures.
- Deliver systems implementation projects including T&A, system contract renewals etc. both internally and externally.
- Provide excellent technical and operational guidance to all HR system/s users, whilst offering expert knowledge on data management and reporting.
- Review processes across the people and payroll team remit, providing continuous improvement opportunities, developing training materials and documenting end-to-end processes.
- Designing and developing streamlined administrative processes across the people function, providing support and training to users on HR system functionalities.
- Ensure compliance is adhered to by carrying out regular internal audits and overseeing operational processes.
- Develop and optimize dashboards and analytics tools for leadership use.
- Analyze our people data to identify potential cultural issues and support decision-making to improve the colleague experience.
- Be an active champion of continuous improvement and bring ideas for new ways of working.
Skills and Competencies
- Experience building relationships and working with stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy in managing people records, documents and processes.
- Effective communication, both written and verbal.
- Desire to use systems and reporting to drive better decision making with an instinct to automate manual tasks.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
Experience, Knowledge and Skills Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/ Accounting/ Human Resources Management.
- 5 years + experience within a Human Resource/Human Capital /Finance Department.
- Proven leadership experience in payroll and payroll systems administration and management.
- Comprehensive understanding of tax and payroll laws.
- Knowledge and experience with Resource Link (Zellis Payroll and HR System).
Closing date for applications: 22nd April 2025. How to apply: Send an email to [email protected] having the Subject as Payroll Manager.
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