Interim Payroll Manager

We Do Group are delighted to be supporting the UK entity of a global business based in Woking, recruiting an Interim Payroll Manager on a 12 month assignment to cover adoption leave.

The role is a hands-on Payroll Manager, taking ownership for a 1,000 person payroll, working with the outsourced Payroll Bureau who manage the processing.

The Payroll Manager has a team of one to assist with the administrative elements of the role.

Day to day, this role will partner with both the business & the bureau and perform the necessary checks, controls and reporting to ensure a well-functioning Payroll department.

Hybrid: 1-2 days per week in the office, 3-4 days from homeDuration: 12 monthsRate: £300-400 per day (inside IR35)

The Role

• Control the accurate processing of the business' outsourced monthly payroll within agreed procedures and timescales
• Ensure all payments made to employees and HMRC are made within the agreed timescales
• Provide monthly reporting from the payroll system including verifying data submissions, comparison of month on month payroll, analysis and reporting; all of the aforementioned are completed in Excel
• Compile and submit the monthly returns and annual reviews to pension provider in respect of the group personal pension plan pension scheme and prepare reconciliations
• Control the accurate and timely submission of annual HMRC returns, including, P14/P60’s and P11D’s
• Review the annual PAYE settlement agreement submission within agreed deadlines
• Be the first point of contact for all employee payroll queries
• Control the accurate processing of outsourced expenses within agreed procedures and timescales
• Be the first point of contact for all employee expense queries and system training for new employees
• Provide monthly reporting from the employee expense system including analysis of expenditure and reporting of outstanding items, all of the aforementioned are completed in Excel
• Assistant with preparing the monthly payroll journals
• Develop and maintain excellent customer service by building and maintaining working relationships with all internal and external customers
• Weekly 1-2-1 with Payroll Admin Assistant, providing support and training and monitoring performance
• Assist HR with annual bonus and salary reviews
• Manage payroll deductions for employees who attract liabilities in multiple countries
• Review and process quarterly sales commission calculations
• Assist with audit queries
• Ad hoc duties as required by the Company

Your Profile

• Payroll Qualified - Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
• Experience of working as an in-house Payroll Manager/sole payroll, working with an outsourced bureau
• Effective communicator - written & verbal
• Good working knowledge of MS Excel