Full job description
Competitive Salary + Onsite Parking available
Our client is a well-established and highly respected organisation with a long-standing reputation for excellence. Due to continued growth, they are looking to recruit an experienced Payroll Manager to lead their payroll function and manage a small, dedicated team.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced payroll professional who enjoys a hands-on role while leading and developing others. You’ll be responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of high-volume fortnightly and monthly payrolls, maintaining compliance with payroll legislation, and driving continuous improvement across the department.




Duties and responsibilities

Reporting to senior management, your key responsibilities will include:
*Managing the end-to-end processing of high-volume fortnightly and monthly payrolls.
*Leading, supervising and supporting a small payroll team, ensuring workloads are effectively delegated and deadlines are consistently achieved.
*Ensuring payroll is processed accurately, on time and in line with current HMRC legislation.
*Reviewing payroll calculations, statutory payments, deductions and final payroll submissions.
*Managing pension auto-enrolment, payroll reconciliations and year-end payroll activities.
*Resolving complex payroll queries and providing expert payroll advice to employees and managers.
*Producing payroll reports and supporting the wider Finance and HR teams.
*Reviewing and improving payroll processes to increase efficiency and accuracy.
*Maintaining payroll records securely and ensuring strict confidentiality at all times.


Experience and qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will have:
*Significant experience managing end-to-end payroll within a high-volume environment.
*Experience processing both fortnightly and monthly payrolls.
*Essential: Previous team management or supervisory experience, with the ability to lead, motivate and develop a small payroll team.
*A thorough understanding of UK payroll legislation, HMRC regulations, pensions and statutory payments.
*Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
*Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
*Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
*Experience using payroll software and Microsoft Excel.
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Benefits

What’s on Offer*Competitive salary.
*Excellent benefits package.
*The opportunity to join a stable, well-established organisation.
*A supportive and collaborative working environment.
*A varied and rewarding management role with genuine responsibility and autonomy.
*If you’re an experienced Payroll Manager with proven leadership experience and a passion for delivering an accurate, efficient payroll service, we’d love to hear from you.