Senior Payroll Manager

Hybrid plus fantastic benefits

Up to £50k

Our client is a well respected professional services firm who are long established and respected in the local area. They have a great role which is ideal for a Senior Payroll person seeking their next move!

Key Responsibilities

• Management of your office’s client payroll function, working flexibly to meet deadlines.
• Responsible for the management of all hub team members, including day to day line management, ongoing support and oversight, attainment of KPIs, appraisals etc
• Plan and organise client payroll processing according to client wages and salaries payment deadlines, allocating payroll client portfolios to team members appropriately
• Maintain own technical and professional standards to highest level
• Take a lead role in training and developing including on the job training for team members
• Ensure compliance with risk management procedures, ethical and data protection standards
• Responsible for New Payroll Client engagement processes
• Develop and maintain excellent client relations, and provide technical payroll support for both payroll and non-payroll clients
• Provide payroll support to colleagues in other departments
• Ensure availability of a payroll contact for clients during office hours
• Responsible for payroll services billing and WIP and increasing fees
• Support the marketing of the payroll department to grow the payroll portfolio
• Liaise with government bodies on behalf of client payroll queries
• Responsible for authorisation of client Direct Bacs payroll payments
• Responsible for ensuring that client statutory returns to TPR are submitted by the appropriate deadlines
• Responsible for clients CIS Tax Deducted returns to HMRC

Networking and Business Development for Payroll Services

Skills and Qualities Required

• Minimum of five years’ post qualified practical experience of payroll management in a bureau environment
• CIPP Foundation degree qualified (or working towards) with continued membership attained through meeting CPD requirements – preferred
• Maintain the highest technical and professional standards
• Ability to monitor and control staff
• In-depth knowledge of payroll calculations and processing, including manual calculations
• Have goods communication skills
• Have good time management skills
• Have good planning and organising skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Proficient in relevant payroll software and Microsoft Office applications
• Understand and support the strategy of the firm with a flexible approach to manage change

Personal Skills

• Self-motivated and committed to provide an excellent service to both clients and colleagues
• Have good people skills
• Be a capable leader able to influence morale
• Have good delegation skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritise to ensure multiple deadlines are met
• Ability to effectively network in order to promote the firm and gain referrals and new clients

To apply for this role it is essential you have extensive payroll experience gained in a bureau/professional firm.

Our client offers great working conditions and has an established payroll team.

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