Overview:
- Based in Oxford
- £65,000 - £80,000 salary
- 5 hours per week
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Monday - Friday
- Hybrid - 3 days in the office, reducing to 2 with service
- On site parking
Job specification:
- Manage a separate Profit & Loss account.
- Develop and oversee the strategy for handling multi-cycle payrolls efficiently, accurately, and timely, ensuring compliance with customer, HMRC, RTI, and other statutory reporting deadlines.
- Recommend and implement changes to operating procedures for workflow and scheduling to meet productivity and quality standards.
- Promote continuous process streamlining and automation, leading and participating in projects aimed at improvements.
- Ensure well-controlled work processes and the protection of confidential payroll information.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships.
- Coach, mentor, and provide professional development for the payroll team.
- Ensure clear communication and collaboration with other departments and business units.
- Stay updated on legislation and industry best practice.
- Collaborate with Compliance and Operations to ensure adherence to legal, regulatory, and ethical standards, support risk management processes and internal controls, and promote a culture of compliance and ethics within the team.
Person specification:
- 5 years+ of leadership or senior management experience within a large payroll bureau environment.
- Fully CIPP Qualified.
- Strict attention to detail, solid judgment, and strong analytical skills.
- Excellent organisational skills with a proven track record of organising others to achieve goals and plans, managing time effectively to ensure all tasks are completed within stated timeframes.
- Tech-savviness, with a flexible yet firm approach.
- Advanced Excel proficiency, including data analysis tools such as VLOOKUPs.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with individuals at all levels of the organisation.
- Well-developed problem-solving abilities and a commitment to quality service.
- Willingness to travel regularly between sites as needed.
- Experience in developing a Global Payroll proposition and/or broad HR services is also desirable.
- Full UK driving licence with regular access to a car.
Additional Information:
- Tailored career progression plan and partner level mentor.
- Participation in Management Development Programme.
- Life assurance.
- Health cash plan
- Retail discount scheme.
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Option to trade holiday + additional holiday with service.
- Regular events and activities based on physical and mental wellbeing.
- Annual wellbeing day.
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