Head of Payroll

THE COMPANY

Our client is a large multinational and one of the world’s leading building products businesses. Formed over 100 years ago, the business is now a multi-billion turnover organisation that has over 100 production sites around the world.

The Group has been developing and diversifying their business within building products and materials, and today is a key player in the construction sector worldwide.

We are working with the UK business, a circa £50m+ turnover business unit across 4 sites. They are looking to appoint a Payroll Manager for the UK business.

THE ROLE – PAYROLL MANAGER

Manage all payroll activities within the Group, responsible for bringing the payroll function in-house. Processing the payroll for approximately 300 employees, across 4 companies.

Reporting to the UK HR Director, this person will also take responsibility for ensuring that all payrolls are processed in a timely manner and for auditing purposes.

The business is expecting significant growth over the next 5 years, so there will further opportunity for career progression for the successful candidate.

Key Responsibilities

The main areas of responsibility are summarised below:

• Experience in the implementation of new payroll systems
• Maintaining accurate employee records within the business’ payroll software
• Query resolution & investigation
• Updating of PAYE coding change notices
• Processing & reporting of PAYE related instructions to & from HMRC
• Compiling payroll data
• Nominal Journal preparation
• Net Pay, PAYE and NIC Reconciliations
• Payrolling Benefits in Kind, Company cars, PME etc
• SSP, SMP, SPP calculation
• Balancing and submission of pension contributions
• Conflict resolution for dealing with disputes between employees and managers pay enquiries
• Assist in collecting data for annual pay reviews, benefit renewals and Gender Pay Gap reporting.
• Calculation of commission and bonus payments.
• Prepare monthly finance journals and movement reports.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties, the incoming Payroll Manager will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by their changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:
• Experience in the implementation of new payroll systems
• Payroll Implementation and in-sourcing
• At least 3 years end to end payroll experience
• Comprehensive understanding of tax and payroll legislation
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and systems skills
• Computer literacy in using Microsoft Office suite and payroll software
• Level 3 CIPP (desirable)
• Accounting experience (desirable)