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- Payroll compliance and legislation knowledge
- Attention to detail and analytical skills
- Communication and interpersonal abilities
- Manage the Payroll function to ensure that c.2,700 Vitality employees are remunerated in accordance with their work contracts.
- Manage full compliance with all statutory and third party payments, ensuring accuracy and submission within the required deadlines.
- Effective management of two members of staff, ensuring that all payroll-related objectives are met in a timely manner.
- Manage an efficient and effective end-to-end payroll service, including creation/checking of new employees, payments, deductions and terminations.
- Liaise with Vitality employees to resolve queries, always maintaining a professional, compassionate and empathetic approach.
- Maintain and build on relationships with the HR team, ensuring we are always working in the most efficient and effective way.
- Review current payroll processes and make proposals to management for improvements.
- Manage and ensure all reconciliations of the payroll balance sheet accounts are completed and resolve any variances.
- Manage and process the salary data into the finance general ledger in a timely and accurate manner, enabling the finance team to produce management accounts within set deadlines.
- Work closely with internal and external auditors on all payroll related transactions and processes, ensuing that all monthly controls are met and documented.
- Relevant Payroll Qualification(s), or the ability to demonstrate appropriate skills and knowledge.
- Sound knowledge of payroll legislation relating to payroll services; including HMRC requirements with regards to tax, national insurance, apprenticeship levy, RTI, auto-enrolment, PAYE and off payroll working.
- Minimum 5 years experience working in a similar busy payroll environment for a large company.
- Experience of identifying and implementing beneficial changes to payroll processes.
- Experience of payroll and pension year end processes.
- Experience of leading, training and developing staff.
- Ability to produce information and accurate reports, with the ability to present information.
- High level administration and organisational skills and sound decision making skills, coupled with an understanding of appropriate escalation.
- An inquiring and analytical mind with an ability to manage work logically, consistently and accurately, with the ability to problem solve.
- Able to prioritise and time manage and work to deadlines.
- Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
- A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
- Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
- Life Assurance – Four times annual salary
- Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
- Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
- Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
- Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
- Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
- Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
- Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
- Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
- Be there for you when you need us.
- Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.
