Payroll & Pensions Manager
Remote/Gloucester but as little as 1 day a month required in the office
£45,000 - £47,500
A critical role in a business of c.1,500 staff as it moves from using a payroll bureau to bringing it in house. You will be tasked with ensuring the accurate processing of monthly payrolls, pensions and other pay-related benefits. Effectively a remote position, requiring just a monthly visit to their offices in Gloucester
Role responsibilities
- Manage the effective operation of all payroll functions
- Ensure the full reconciliation of payroll in order to report accurately to HMRC and pensions providers.
- Develop and run audit and exception reports, ensuring that any issues are investigated and resolved.
- Work with Finance team to ensure all monthly and tax year-end HMRC reporting including pension reporting is accurate and on time
- Manage the Payroll Team
- Undertake administration of the pension scheme and pay-related benefits
- Regularly review processes to enable improvements to be made to ensure efficiency, accuracy and ease of processing.
- Work closely with colleagues to develop the automation of payroll processes.
- Act as a specialist point of contact for all pay and pensions-related queries and provide professional advice and guidance.
- Ensure compliance with current and new legislation, best practice and internal policies including pay, income tax, national insurance, pensions and reward.
- Ensure the completion of all statutory returns/legislative requirements
- Ensure the accurate preparation and timely submission of Employment Tax Returns. (P11Ds, PSA and termination payment reporting).
- Ensure that any reward practices are fully compliant with HMRC.
- Complete relevant data analysis and reporting on all areas of payroll.
Candidate profile
- Demonstrable experience of payroll and pensions management in a medium to large organisation.
- Strong leadership, networking and relationship building skills.
- Extensive knowledge of payroll systems, specifically i-Trent
- Knowledge of taxation, statutory deductions and payments, earnings orders and national insurance rules.
- Excellent customer services skills with a strong commitment to delivering solutions and improving processes to meet customer needs.
- Excellent oral and written communications skill
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft packages, specifically Excel.