Group Payroll Manager

Health Jobs UK; London; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in London is seeking a Payroll Manager to enhance their payroll team. The role involves managing payroll services, ensuring compliance with NHS regulations, and leading system developments to safeguard payroll data integrity. Candidates must have significant management experience within payroll and be adept at negotiation and quality control.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of payroll experience at a management level within the NHS or a large organization.
• Experience of negotiating service demands with client organizations.
• Proven ability to manage staff under pressure and to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll services ensuring timely and accurate payments of salaries and wages.
• Lead the payroll and pensions team, overseeing processes and compliance with NHS regulations.
• Provide training and development for payroll staff.

Skills

Management

Quality Monitoring

Negotiation

Education

Diploma in Payroll Management

Tools

Employee Staff Record (ESR) Payroll System

Job description

Salary £72,921 to £83,362 a year Per annum Inclusive of HCAS

Job summary

To be responsible for managing and developing the payroll team to provide a high quality, comprehensive, and cost effective payroll service for theTrust.To ensure compliance with all statutory payroll regulations, NHS pay and terms and conditions and management of the NHS pension scheme.The post holder will lead in the development of systems and procedures to ensure the security and validity of payroll data and theefficiency and effectiveness of the payroll function.

Main duties of the job

Ensure the timely and accurate payment of salaries, wages and expenses to both Trust staff and external users of payroll service, and to bespecifically responsible for the management and leadership of the entire range of payroll and pensions services to meet strict weekly, monthly andannual deadlines. Lead the streamlining and updating of processes across the Payroll and Pensions service

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone.Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of thispopulation, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation,and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Ensure the timely and accurate payment of salaries, wages and expenses to both Trust staff and external users of payroll service.2. To be specifically responsible for the management and leadership of the entire range of payroll and pensions services to meet strict weekly,monthly and annual deadlines.3. Ensuring the application of the regulations of the NHS pay systems, NHS Trusts Terms and Conditions including Standing Orders and FinancialInstructions, NHS Pension Scheme, and Statutory Authorities such as the Inland Revenue.4. Provision of leadership and direction to Payroll and Pensions team including formal annual appraisal and personal development plans. Thiswill include the management of recruitment and disciplinary procedures.5. To negotiate and agree with external users of the payroll service, Service Level Agreements, performance standards and Key PerformanceIndicators.6. To ensure that the use of all systems are documented and written instructions and procedures followed by payroll staff.To ensure that quality is maintained by the use of methods designed to monitor and control payroll production and pension services.8. To organise the provision of training for all payroll staff and directly provide or recommend a source of provision as necessary.9. For the purposes of the payroll and pensions function to create as necessary all required locally produced ad hoc reports from the payrollsystem using a report generator such as M/PACT.10. Liaison with Workforce and other disciplines in promoting co-operative arrangements relating to the timely and accurate flow of employee data.11. To arrange for the completion of all appropriate procedures leading to the issue all Year End Inland Revenue Forms such as P60, P35, P11dand Class NI 1A.12. Provision of information for, and responses to, internal and external auditors of the payroll and pensions function.

Job description
Job responsibilities

1. Ensure the timely and accurate payment of salaries, wages and expenses to both Trust staff and external users of payroll service.2. To be specifically responsible for the management and leadership of the entire range of payroll and pensions services to meet strict weekly,monthly and annual deadlines.3. Ensuring the application of the regulations of the NHS pay systems, NHS Trusts Terms and Conditions including Standing Orders and FinancialInstructions, NHS Pension Scheme, and Statutory Authorities such as the Inland Revenue.4. Provision of leadership and direction to Payroll and Pensions team including formal annual appraisal and personal development plans. Thiswill include the management of recruitment and disciplinary procedures.5. To negotiate and agree with external users of the payroll service, Service Level Agreements, performance standards and Key PerformanceIndicators.6. To ensure that the use of all systems are documented and written instructions and procedures followed by payroll staff.To ensure that quality is maintained by the use of methods designed to monitor and control payroll production and pension services.8. To organise the provision of training for all payroll staff and directly provide or recommend a source of provision as necessary.9. For the purposes of the payroll and pensions function to create as necessary all required locally produced ad hoc reports from the payrollsystem using a report generator such as M/PACT.10. Liaison with Workforce and other disciplines in promoting co-operative arrangements relating to the timely and accurate flow of employee data.11. To arrange for the completion of all appropriate procedures leading to the issue all Year End Inland Revenue Forms such as P60, P35, P11dand Class NI 1A.12. Provision of information for, and responses to, internal and external auditors of the payroll and pensions function.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of payroll processing using the Employee Staff Record (ESR) payroll System
• At least 5 years payroll experience at management level within the NHS or a large organisation.
• Experience of negotiating and meeting the service demands of a number of client organisations

Skills

Essential

• To be able to manage staff and monitor quality of work
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma in Payroll Management/Higher degree level or equivalent experience

Person Specification
Experience

Essential

• Experience of payroll processing using the Employee Staff Record (ESR) payroll System
• At least 5 years payroll experience at management level within the NHS or a large organisation.
• Experience of negotiating and meeting the service demands of a number of client organisations

Skills

Essential

• To be able to manage staff and monitor quality of work
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma in Payroll Management/Higher degree level or equivalent experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address

Highgate Wing

Dartmouth Park Hill

London

N19 5JG

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