£45K/yr to £55K/yr
England, United Kingdom
Permanent, Variable

Payroll Manager

Posted by Nigel Wright Group.

The Company

Payroll Manager - Hybrid Working - Attractive Benefits Package

We delighted to be supporting a global manufacturing organisation in recruiting a Payroll Manager to join their Cramlington site. The Payroll Manager will have responsibility over a number of international payrolls. On offer for the Payroll Manager is hybrid working, an attractive benefit package and competitive salary.

The Role

The duties of the Payroll Manager will include:

  • Processing both UK and EU payroll, both internally and through the payroll agencies.
  • Responsible for accurately processing monthly salary, overtime, holiday pay, statutory payments and bonuses as applicable.
  • Collate and process timesheets for the various sites, which includes shift/grade payments and pay increases.
  • Processing employee share purchases and share awards through payroll.
  • Working with HR to process starters, leavers, changes and regular reporting.
  • Reconciling monthly payrolls to raise employer taxes liability payments.
  • Full control of multiple pension schemes including auto enrolment, processing starters, leavers and re-enrolment process.
  • Manage pension year-end routines and procedures.
  • Supporting HR with annual pay review and annual bonus calculations.
  • Responsible for resolving employee and external payroll queries.

The Person

The requirements for the Payroll Manager role are:

  • 7+ years comprehensive payroll working experience
  • Managerial experience
  • Must be able to work independently without supervision and experience within a sole payroll position.
  • Strong ability to drive standardization and simplification of processes.
  • Strong communication skills
  • Intermediate to advanced IT skills within Excel (V Lookups, Pivot Tables ).
  • SD Works & Cintra payroll system knowledge (would be highly desirable)