Head of Payroll

Pilgrims Europe; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading payroll services company based in the UK seeks a Head of Payroll to oversee all payroll activities in the UK and Ireland. The role involves managing payroll operations, ensuring compliance with legislation, and leading a team to deliver high-quality service. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and extensive experience in payroll management within a large organisation. This position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on payroll efficiency and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Proven experience with payroll operations in large organisations.
• Knowledge of payroll legislation and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead payroll operations for UK and Ireland.
• Ensure timely and accurate payroll processing.
• Maintain compliance with legislation and reporting.

Skills

Leadership skills

Team management

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Job description

Job Description

We're Hiring : Head of Payroll

Location : Rushmere, Craigavon, Northern Ireland

Purpose

A strategic payroll leader who will hold overall responsibility and accountability for all Pilgrims Europe payroll activities in UK and Ireland.

The successful candidate will have strong leadership and team management skills, excellent communication and stakeholder management, and a proactive, hands-on approach with a passion for improving systems and processes. They will support and develop payroll team members.

They should have extensive experience managing payroll operations in a complex organisation of at least [5,000 people] with strong knowledge on payroll legislation, pensions, statutory reporting, compliance, and best practice.

The Head of Payroll will support and enable the HRS E2E project delivery in close collaboration with the HR systems team and People Services

Key Responsibilities\Measures of Success

• Lead and manage payroll operations ensuring timely and accurate delivery of all payrolls for Pilgrims Europe in UK and Ireland.
• Ensure delivery of a high quality, customer focused and cost competitive service to the wider business in accordance with agreed Service Level Agreements.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation and reporting requirements.

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