At a Glance
- Tasks: Take charge of payroll for 300 employees and automate processes.
- Company: Join a dynamic team in Bootle, Liverpool with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary of £45,000 and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Enjoy autonomy while shaping and improving payroll functions.
- Why this job: Be the payroll expert and make a real impact on the business.
- Qualifications: Strong UK payroll experience and advanced Excel skills required.
The predicted salary is between 40500 - 49500 £ per year.
Payroll Manager
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- Structure: Standalone / Sole Payroll Role
- Payroll: c.300 employees across multiple sites
The Role
A newly created opportunity for an experienced Payroll Manager to take full ownership of a complex UK payroll while improving and automating the payroll function.
You'll be the business's dedicated payroll expert, reporting directly to the Finance Director and working closely with HR across multiple sites.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end monthly payroll for c.300 employees.
- Process varied pay including commission, bonuses, overtime, shift premiums, pensions, benefits and statutory payments.
- Manage RTI submissions, PAYE/NIC, P11Ds, P60s and auto-enrolment.
- Complete payroll reconciliations, journals and management reporting.
- Improve and automate payroll processes, moving from manual input towards data uploads and integrations.
- Develop controls, validation checks, payroll calendars and documented procedures.
- Optimise the newly implemented Sage People and Sage People Payroll systems.
- Partner closely with HR on starters, leavers, pay changes and other employee changes.
- Act as the main point of contact for payroll queries across the business.
- Ideal Candidate
- Strong end-to-end UK payroll experience, ideally managing payrolls of 200–500+ employees.
- Experience working in a standalone/sole-charge payroll position.
- Comfortable with complex pay including commission, bonuses and overtime.
- Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, RTI, pensions and auto-enrolment.
- Proven experience improving and automating payroll processes.
- Advanced Excel skills including imports, lookups, templates and data validation.
- Sage People / Sage People Payroll experience is highly desirable.
- Confident working autonomously and communicating with senior stakeholders. xgikmsk
- Multi-site, automotive or dealership payroll experience would be advantageous.
A great opportunity for someone who enjoys being hands-on with payroll but also wants the autonomy to shape, automate an...
Payroll Manager in Liverpool employer: James Gray Associates Careers
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