Payroll Manager

CV-Library • Permanent • Hammersmith, Greater London, United Kingdom • £65k - £75k / year • 1w ago

Payroll Manager Salary: Up to £75,000 + 10% bonus Location: West London Hybrid: 3 days per week in the office Payroll: Approx. 5,000 employees + weekly temporary workers Team: 6 direct reports System: ResourceLink The Role A senior opportunity for an experienced UK Payroll Manager to lead a large, complex in-house payroll operation covering approximately 5,000 employees. You’ll take ownership of operational payroll delivery while leading and developing a team of six, ensuring strong controls, compliance and service standards. This role needs a strong UK payroll leader rather than a predominantly global payroll background. Key Responsibilities

Oversee accurate end-to-end delivery of a high-volume UK payroll.
Lead, coach and develop a team of 6 payroll professionals.
Manage payroll controls, reconciliations, BACS and year-end activities including P60s, P11Ds and PSA.
Act as the escalation point for complex payroll issues.
Ensure compliance with UK payroll legislation, tax, NI, pensions and statutory payments.
Lead payroll system upgrades, testing and technical changes.
Drive process improvements, automation and stronger payroll controls.
Manage audits, HMRC reviews and compliance activities.
Produce payroll reporting and MI, identifying trends, risks and variances.
Partner closely with HR, Reward, Finance and HR Systems. Ideal Candidate
Significant UK in-house payroll management experience is essential.
Experience managing large, complex payrolls – ideally several thousand employees.
Proven experience leading and developing a sizeable payroll team.
Excellent knowledge of UK payroll legislation and compliance.
Strong payroll systems experience – ResourceLink highly advantageous, although experience with other large-scale systems will be considered.
Experience with payroll projects, systems changes and process improvement.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Retail experience would be advantageous but is not essential.
CIPP qualification or equivalent desirable. Interested? Apply today!! JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply. We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist payroll, HR & Reward recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us

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