Payroll Manager
- Location: Epsom, Surrey (Hybrid Working, 2 days in the office, 3 from home)
- Job Type: Interim (3-6 months)
- Salary: £30.00- £38.00 PAYE or upto £48.65 via an umbrella company.
We are currently seeking an experienced Interim Payroll Manager to lead a Payroll Team for a period of 3-6 months. This role is based in Epsom, Surrey, with hybrid working allowing for 2 days in the office. The successful candidate will be instrumental in supporting the People Services Team, delivering exceptional HR services and ensuring a great customer experience while meeting all policy and compliance requirements.
Day-to-day of the role:
- Lead and deliver end-to-end internal payroll in line with legislation, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and a high level of employee experience.
- Collaborate with the global People Hub Team based in Bangalore to ensure seamless payroll operations.
- Oversee pre-payroll processing, payroll runs, and post-processing tasks, ensuring compliance with HMRC requirements.
- Manage monthly payroll reconciliation and third-party payment reports, including Pensions and Court Orders.
- Authorise and transmit BACS payments within required deadlines.
- Maintain ongoing compliance with National Minimum Wage requirements.
- Process and reconcile Flexible Benefits and manage Annual Renewal.
- Report to Senior Stakeholders on payroll service delivery and lead proactive initiatives for business improvements.
- Engage with HR Centres of Expertise to understand the impact on payroll operations.
- Identify and implement service delivery improvement initiatives based on customer satisfaction feedback.
- Manage the service delivered by the People Hub Payroll Team in Bangalore.
- Serve as the point of escalation for all payroll-related issues.
- Respond to complex payroll queries in line with governance requirements and SLAs.
- Manage and develop the Payroll Team.
- Ensure compliance with all internal and external auditing requirements.
- Lead on payroll-related projects.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Recognised payroll qualification or equivalent knowledge and expertise obtained via experience.
- Proven delivery of internal payrolls for c8,000 employees+ (not outsourced).
- Detailed understanding of current payroll legislation and compliance.
- Significant success in a payroll leadership role.
- Experience managing a team.
- Proficiency with payroll systems, Oracle experience highly preferable.
- Experience with Flexible Benefit Programmes and Salary Sacrifice arrangements.
- Ability to lead payroll projects alongside operational delivery.
- Commitment to continuous improvement and initiative.
- Ability to prioritise and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Resilience and ownership.
- Facilitation and influencing skills in decision making.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to build valuable stakeholder relationships.
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience with offshore service delivery in an HR Shared Service capacity.
- Experience in a global cross-cultural environment.
This role is to start immediately due to the current person leaving so you will be on no more than one weeks' notice.