Payroll Manager (City Of Bristol)

Payroll Manager

Role: Payroll Manager – Interim

Daily Rate: £140 – £300 (Negotiable on experience & interview performance)

Type: Contractor, self-employed

Location: Bristol

Hours: 35 hours a week (Full-time), Monday to Friday + Opportunity to become hybrid

We have a new position open for an interim Payroll Manager – Interim to join Hartley Pensions on our Payroll team.

Accountabilities / Competencies

Pension Payroll

• Running timely and accurate monthly payrolls for currently over 1,000 clients across multiple payrolls including payments to clients and HMRC.
• Responsible for timely submission of RTI to HMRC.
• Responsible for the yearly process schedules in line with UK Government tax regulations and HMRC, as well as overseas tax regulations.
• Providing excellent customer service and effectively dealing with client queries including over the phone.
• Resolving any HMRC queries in a timely manner.
• Liaising with the HMRC to resolve any PAYE queries.
• Build positive and proactive relationships with Administration Teams across a number of sites to ensure all data is received in a timely manner and any queries are resolved quickly.
• Production and distribution of payslips, P45’s and P60’s sent either electronically or via post depending on the client’s preference.
• Production of various payroll reports as and when requested by colleagues.
• Maintenance of Payroll Processing spreadsheets that are used to identify the clients that require processing in each of the payroll processing periods.
• Payment of PAYE to the HMRC each Tax Period.
• Support the business with the Transfer out process, including production of payroll reports and processing of TUPE clients away from the business.
• Inputting of payroll data into Sage payroll.

Employee Payroll

• Running timely and accurate monthly payroll for employees.
• Production of weekly absence reports.
• Production of monthly variance reports and identifying employees where pay has a significant change since last month.
• Responsible for timely submission of RTI to HMRC.
• Responsible for the yearly process schedules in line with UK Government tax regulations and HMRC.
• Production of P11D’s.
• Working collaboratively on monthly pension and workplace benefit processing.

Strategy & process

• Improving the general efficiency and consistency of payroll processing.
• Keep up to date with Payroll legislation and communicating the impact of the changes to the business and employees/clients.
• Ability to plan and prioritise a number of workstreams with conflicting deadlines/delivery dates.

Knowledge/Experience

• Substantial previous experience of SAGE payroll.
• Good working knowledge and experience of HMRC and tax regulations.
• Experience with large and multiple payrolls.
• CIPP Level 3+ qualified or Qualified IAB Level 2 Award in Computerised Payroll (desirable).
• Previous experience of working in financial or professional services (desirable).
• Experience of processing pension payroll (desirable)

Values/Skills

• Excellent communicator and good at inter-departmental communication and collaborative working.
• Demonstrable ability to meet deadlines and manage conflicting priorities.
• Ability to manage expectations of stakeholders and challenge when required.
• Analytical and organised with a methodical approach.
• Demonstrate a flexible approach whilst maintaining legislatives rules and regulations.

How to Apply

Please email your CV toRecruitment@hartleypensions.com. When you apply, please include the below information in your email:

• Your name
• The role you are applying for – Payroll Manager Interim
• Your location
• The working hours you are looking for
• Current situation and availability

Interview process

Two stages, one hour competency-based and Q&A interviews.

Who are Hartley Pensions?

Hartley pensions are a SSIP (Self-Invested Personal Pension) and SSAS (Small Self-Administered Scheme) operator. Hartley pensions provide white label SIPP’s for a number of leading investment and trading platforms.

We pride ourselves on establishing and maintaining long-lasting relationships with our business partners and clients by providing them with professional, friendly and personalised administration. Our products are designed to be flexible, straight-forward and relevant to our clients’ needs.

Hartley pensions diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We actively encourage individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to apply. Join us in creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive.

***Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.