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We are working with a respected and renowned organisation with offices in Leeds who are seeking to appoint an experienced Payroll Manager to not only support and manage the whole pay life cycle but manage a wider team. Playing a key leadership role, the successful candidate will manage the full payroll cycle ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant delivery of payroll for all employees across the organisation.
The Payroll Manager plays a pivotal role in building a strong culture of service excellence within the payroll team, ensuring employees receive a consistently positive experience while also enabling the business with accurate data, reporting, and financial forecasting. The role is vast, but core tasks involve:
- Lead the end-to-end payroll process,
- Manage payroll inputs including new hires, terminations, salary adjustments, promotions, benefits, overtime, bonuses, commission, and statutory deductions.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant UK payroll legislation
- Monitor changes in legislation and case law
- Act as the escalation point for complex payroll queries
- Lead the submission of statutory reporting to HMRC and pension providers
- Deliver year-end processes including P60s, P11Ds, and reporting for audit and compliance purposes.
- Own and administer the payroll system,
- Implement robust reconciliation processes between payroll, HRIS, and finance systems.
- Conduct monthly payroll audits to identify discrepancies
- Provide monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc payroll reports to the Head of HR Operations, Finance, and senior leadership teams.
- Produce reports and analyse trends to provide insights
- Lead, manage, and mentor the payroll team, ensuring they are motivated, high-performing, and aligned with organisational objectives.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and well-respected payroll manager to join and lead this team, the successful applicant will be;
- Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) qualification (or equivalent).
- Hold extensive, proven experience managing end-to-end payroll within a complex, multi-site or multinational organisation.
- In-depth knowledge of UK payroll legislation, HMRC regulations, pensions (including auto-enrolment), and benefits processing.
- Strong experience managing and optimising payroll systems
- Demonstrable track record of leading payroll improvement, automation, and digital transformation projects.
- Proven experience managing and developing a payroll team.
- Advanced MS Excel skills with ability to manipulate and analyse large data sets.
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, HR, or Business Administration (desirable)
- Exposure to multi-country payroll and international tax requirements.
If you hold the above skills and experiences and are looking for a challenging opportunity where your extensive payroll management experience will align, please your CV for confidential review. Due to high applications, if you do not hear from us within 7 days your application has not been successful.
