Payroll Manager

MacKenzie King are recruiting a Temporary Payroll Manager for a well-respected business, based on the outskirts of Colchester. As a Temporary Payroll Manager, you will manage 2 Payroll Assistants and be responsible for the administration, processing and delivery of payroll for the business in a timely and accurate manner.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Organise and prioritise workloads each month to deliver payroll for approximately 2000 employees, across 2 monthly payrolls (salaried and hourly paid)
• Processing all payroll documents, expenses, mileage, and pay increases
• Checking and approval of payroll and authorisation of BACS payments
• Processing and submitting payments to pension companies
• Payroll queries by phone and email for employees and managers
• Issuing of P45’s and P60’s
• Sickness recording and issuing of SSP1’s
• SMP, SPP and SAP recorded and processed
• Ad hoc reporting as requested

Key Skills & Attributes:

• Strong communication skills to liaise at all levels
• Experience in a similar role
• System migration experience would be advantageous
• Intermediate Excel skills