Payroll Manager in Manchester

As Payroll Manager, you will take ownership of a portfolio of clients. You will act as a payroll subject matter expert, applying best practice and providing advice and guidance to clients on payroll matters. This role will be primarily home-based, with team building and training days held at the Phase 3 office in Manchester City Centre on average once a quarter.

Key Responsibilities and Qualifications

Manage the full end-to-end payroll process for client payrolls, ensuring that all payrolls are accurate, completed on time, and all statutory submissions are performed within required deadlines

Auto-enrolment duties on client payrolls including upload of new starters, monthly contributions and cyclical re-enrolment

Client meetings to discuss issues and priorities

Working well with conflicting priorities and deadlines

Operate flexibly and have a desire to learn new systems and processes in a supportive environment

Be proactive and accountable to the highest calibre of professionalism, service and accuracy

Experience of Unit4 Payroll

Experience managing high volume payroll(s) with 1000+ Employees

Experience of working in a bureau

Strong Excel Skills, including competency in VLOOKUP, pivot tables and intermediate formulas

Knowledge of P11Ds/payrolled benefits

Communicative fluency, both verbal and in documentation

Ability to manage own workload

Excitement about flexibility, independence, initiative and knowledge-sharing in your job

Commitment to clients, team and a Phase 3 role

Add extra value to your application with experience of more than one of the following: Sage People Payroll, Brain, iTrent, PeopleXD, ResourceLink, Salesforce, BrightPay SAP, Business Objects, Cognos, SQL reporting (or legacy equivalents)

Unlimited paid leave (subject to our Annual Leave Policy)

Bi-annual salary & bonus reviews

Fully flexible work schedule

Modern office in Manchester\’s Northern Quarter

Access to Perkbox for regular employee discounts

24/7 access to virtual GP appointments via Doctor Care Anywhere

Regular team events and social nights

Development time and funding

Regular gifts and perks from Phase 3 to reward outstanding achievements, new members to your family, house moves and big birthdays

Access to up to £2,500 worth of home office equipment

And many more!

Ideal start date: January 2026.

Phase 3 is a Disability Confident employer and we endeavour to recruit from the widest possible pool of suitable candidates. The format of the interview will be – questions based on your experience and the requirements of the role. If you require any adjustments or special arrangements to be made to our application process on account of disability please let us know in advance.

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