Job title Payroll Manager
Company The Archer Recruitment Group
Location Fareham office, Hampshire
Reports to Financial Controller
Direct reports Payroll Assistant (1)
Contract Permanent, full time
Salary £32,000 - £36,000
Hours Monday to Friday 37.5h
About the role
This is an internal vacancy at The Archer Recruitment Group. You'll be responsible for managing the pay and bill process for our external contractors across every entity in the group: from timesheet to client invoice, to payroll data for our umbrella providers. You won't run payroll through a payroll system or handle internal staff payroll. You'll manage a Payroll Assistant and be involved in our upcoming move to new software.
Key responsibilities
• Manage the weekly timesheet cycle using our internal system and clients' VMS, making sure timesheets are authorised and match agreed rates before cut-off.
• Raise accurate sales invoices to clients in Xero, including in multiple currencies, and handle queries, credit notes and re-bills.
• Send accurate weekly and monthly payroll data to our umbrella providers and be their main point of contact.
• Check umbrella invoices against approved timesheets and carry out due diligence on umbrella providers.
• Reconcile pay and bill each week and report on contractor numbers, margin and billing to the Financial Controller.
• Keep strong controls and audit trails, and support external audits.
• Line manage and develop the Payroll Assistant, planning workload around deadlines and absence.
• Involvement in upcoming software migration, helping to build our current processes into the new system.
• Resolve escalated queries from contractors, umbrella providers, consultants and clients in a timely manner.
Skills and experience
Essential
• Proven experience managing contractor timesheets, billing and payroll data.
• Line management experience.
• Experience of raising sales invoices (preferably in Xero).
• Good understanding of umbrella payroll and how umbrella companies work with recruitment agencies.
• Strong Excel skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Clear communicator who works well to tight weekly deadlines.
Desirable
• Payroll experience in a recruitment agency or staffing business.
• Knowledge of IR35, agency worker regulations an...
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