Payroll & Benefits Manager in Stoke-On-Trent

Location: Head Office Stoke
Contract type: Permanent, Full time

Are you looking for a new challenge? Then take a look at our exciting vacancy in our HR team! We are seeking an experienced and detail-orientedPayroll and Benefits Managerto take ownership of payroll and benefits administration across our UK teams; you\’ll be working closely with our HR team so if you have a passion for payroll and people – this may be the job for you!

Key responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for the companys payroll, pensions & benefit schemes
• Run all statutory reports including Gender Pay Gap, WTR, ONS, average weekly hours reporting
• Payment of all statutory and regulatory payments
• Management of the company pension schemes
• Rebroke, administer and manage all benefit schemes including Westfield Health, Group Life, PMI, and Company Car fleet management and Childcare related vouchers etc. or other appropriate benefits
• Management of the data required for our PSA and P11d submissions including Class 1a and b payment facilitation
• Accurate and timely reporting of all related metrics including absence management, gender, ethnic splits, flexi hols balance reporting
• Forward thinking feed-in to budget processes from an NLW/AE cost perspective
• Champion continuous improvement and innovation in payroll processes
• Support and develop team members, promoting professional growth and CPD
• Overall responsibility for the sourcing and delivery of a new Payroll/HR system
• Work with the HR team and provide operational support

To hit the ground running, you will need to have the below skills:

• Proven experience running end to end payroll independently
• Previous experience of system implementation/project management
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation and statutory requirements
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent excels skills confident in using formulas, pivot tables and v look ups
• Strong communications skills ability to explain payroll details clearly to staff at all levels
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• If you also have HR experience, then this would be hugely beneficial

Why work for us

We believe that our people are our greatest asset and the Group\’s success is directly related to the effectiveness of our people. We want people to join our team who are as passionate as we are about our six wonderful brands, our products, and our heritage and share the same values.

Portmeirion Group has heritage and family at our core. We have a responsibility to our employees, customers, communities and the people that bring our products into their homes, and we work hard to reflect this in everything we do.

Our business and brands have a global footprint and strong history. They are grounded in family values, craft, and a commitment to making beautiful products that bring people together and are passed from generation to generation. We operate with integrity, decency, honesty, positivity and inclusion. We use our talent for innovation and creativity to solve challenges and explore how we can become custodians of the future.

We build our global business in a way that evolves this heritage to safeguard the next generation; Combining the best of the past with today\’s innovations and designs to make our business as good as it possibly can be and create a positive legacy for the future. For our employees, communities, customers and the planet.

You may also have experience in the following roles: Payroll Manager, Benefits Administrator, Payroll and Pensions Manager, HR Systems Manager, Payroll Specialist, Benefits Manager, Human Resources Manager, Payroll Administrator, Compensation and Benefits Manager, People Operations Manager, HRIS Manager, etc.

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