Payroll Lead - 12 Months Full Time Contract

www.topfinancialjobs.co.uk - Jobboard; Rugby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector seeks a Payroll Manager to oversee the management of payroll functions including tax calculations, compliance with statutory obligations, and leading a team. This role involves driving operational governance, process improvements, and contributions to change initiatives, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in payroll operations.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in payroll administration and support at an expertise level.
• Experience managing large, complex payrolls and leading teams.
• Ability to influence and negotiate at senior management level.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll functions, including calculations and maintaining records.
• Ensure compliance with statutory filings and local tax authorities.
• Oversee post-payroll processing and provide guidance to employees.

Skills

Payroll administration

Compliance

Decision making

Risk and controls

Team management

Change management

Negotiation

Job description

In this Payroll Manager role, you will manage UK and Crown Dependency payrolls, leading the transition of Crown Dependency payroll to the EME team. Responsibilities include managing post-payroll activities, ensuring accurate and timely payments and submissions to HMRC and vendors, and collaborating with the Control team to complete monthly processes efficiently. The role also involves reviewing working instructions, the governance calendar, and ensuring timely HMRC returns.

Additionally, the role contributes to change projects and the Global HR Transformation Program, focusing on system design, implementation, and process reengineering. Key tasks include overseeing monthly post-payroll activities, providing support and guidance, implementing operational governance, ensuring team readiness for change, driving development, and maintaining compliance with legislative and policy requirements. Collaboration with Continuous Improvement and Change Teams and contributing to projects are also essential.

To be successful as a Payroll Manager, you must have experience with:

• Extensive experience of payroll administration and support, with experience at expertise level.
• Worked on large-sized complex payrolls and managed a team.
• Decision-making that takes accountability of policy, legislation, operational performance, and wider team deliverables.
• Influence and negotiate at senior management level.
• Maturity and experience in handling complex and challenging situations.
• Evaluating and implementing/or rejecting proposed operational change.
• Proven success at driving process and procedural change initiatives—from conception to implementation.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Purpose of the role

To manage payroll functions, including calculating employee pay, withholding taxes, and maintaining accurate payroll records for the business.

Accountabilities

• Processing payroll for hourly, salaried, and commissioned employees, calculating tax and other contributions, withholding, and paying out as appropriate.
• Employee payroll record administration and troubleshooting.
• Guidance and support to employees on payroll matters, including salary calculations, overtime, bonuses, and commissions.
• Compliance with statutory filings, including managing responses to government notices related to statutory obligations.
• Payroll statutory reporting and liaison with local tax authorities.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and ensure operational effectiveness. Collaborate with other functions and divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, set objectives, coach employees, and appraise performance.
• If in a leadership role, demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen, Energize, Align, Develop.
• For individual contributors, lead collaborative assignments, guide team members, and identify new directions for projects.
• Consult on complex issues, support risk mitigation, and develop policies/procedures.
• Manage risk and strengthen controls related to work.
• Perform work related to other areas, understanding their contribution to organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with other areas to stay aligned with business activities and strategy.
• Engage in complex data analysis to solve problems creatively.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information effectively.
• Influence stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues are expected to embody the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and demonstrate the Barclays Mindset to Empower, Challenge, and Drive.