Payroll Manager

REED are recruiting a Payroll Manager for a Bournemouth based Health Services Company. This position offers HYBRID working (2 days per week office based and 3 days WFH). Full time, 35 hours per week.

Salary - £45,000 - £51,000

Full Time - 35 hours (Hybrid working)

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Payroll compliance and legislation knowledge
• Attention to detail and analytical skills
• Communication and interpersonal abilities

Key Actions

• Manage the Payroll function to ensure that 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

• 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
• Health insurance - With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance - Four times annual salary