Assistant Payroll Manager

RSMUK; Crawley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading firm in financial services seeks an Assistant Payroll Manager to ensure effective payroll operations for 4,500 staff. Responsibilities include supervising the payroll team, processing transactions, and managing communication with various departments. This role demands a high level of accuracy, attention to detail, and strong organizational skills, making it ideal for professionals looking to advance in payroll management.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising and developing team members.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft packages, especially advanced Excel.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Payroll Administrators and ensure timely payroll processing.
• Support Payroll Manager with HMRC RTI reporting and tax payments.
• Process and reconcile payroll adjustments, including maternity leave.

Skills

Supervision

Organisation

Communication

Attention to Detail

Advanced Excel

Job description

Overall Job Purpose

To support the payroll section of the National Finance Office in its task of ensuring that the Firm's payroll for 4,500 people and related remuneration and benefit packages are run properly; that all staff are paid the correct amount on time and that the appropriate accounting and statutory records are maintained, and returns are made on time. To supervise and support the Payroll Administrators and Payroll Support Administrator and identify any training requirements.

Responsibilities

To keep the Payroll Manager fully informed of the status of work and of any problems encountered, and to offer suggestions as to how these can be resolved efficiently and effectively.

In addition to managing a section of the payroll by:

• Processing staff starting and returning from maternity leave
• Updating sickness reports
• Processing leavers
• Calculating adjustments required, including pro-rata calculations
• Completing end of period payroll reporting for review by the Payroll Manager

The duties of the Assistant Payroll Manager will be.

• To supervise the Payroll Administrators and Payroll Support Administrator to ensure their work is up to date, and support with training where required.
• To support the Payroll Manager in the delivery of an accurate payroll by importing and reconciling uplifts to salaries and various benefits the company offers.
• Liaising with our pension team to balance the pension contributions each payroll period
• Checking calculations and input of other team members
• To support the Payroll Manager with the submission of HMRC RTI reporting
• To support the Payroll Manager with payment of Taxes at the end of each payroll period and the payment of Class 1A NIC's in respect of Benefits in Kind.
• To produce and reconcile reports at the end of each payroll period for stakeholders.
• To complete P11D reporting and childcare voucher assessments annually
• Creating and sending BACS files
• Importing new starters to the payroll
• Importing salary and cash allowances, and reconciling values with Human Resources reports
• Importing timesheet values to the payroll (MegaPay by Intelligo) and reconciling values with Human Resources reports
• Reconciling PAYE and completing payment paperwork
• Supporting team members with day-to day queries

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Key Skills

Personal and Professional Qualities

• Experience of supervising and developing team members through training and mentoring to enhance their skills and facilitate their professional growth
• Good organisation skills, ability to work to tight deadlines
• Proficiency in Microsoft packages including Word, Outlook and advanced Excel
• Previous experience working within an in-house payroll team
• Excellent communication skills allowing you to quickly build rapport with colleagues
• Have an exceptional attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
• Confident in answering queries from team and wider faculty

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Diversity and Inclusion at RSM
At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life. We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client's needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That's why we're working together to ensure our firm's principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.
At RSM we work hard to create an environment where our people can make a difference - to themselves, their career, their teams, and to the success of our firm and clients. We support all our people to work flexibly, to manage their family and other responsibilities alongside their work commitments; we believe this is key to achieving an inspiring and fulfilling working environment.]]>