Payroll Manager

Agincare Weymouth; Castletown; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £45,000 p.a. DOE

Training & career development

Blue Light discounts

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Company pension

Job summary

Agincare Weymouth is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to lead the payroll function for nearly 6,000 colleagues. You will head a team of eight, ensuring accurate payroll processing across sites, while maintaining NMW and UKVI compliance.

You will collaborate with HR, Finance and Recruitment to drive system improvements, strengthen controls and deliver timely payroll reporting across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Qualified in Payroll, Accounting or related discipline.
• Experience leading payroll teams and improving processes.
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead a payroll team of eight across Portland and Poole, ensuring accurate, timely payroll processing.
• Develop robust controls to improve payroll accuracy and efficiency and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Manage relationships with HMRC, pension providers and external system partners.

Skills

End-to-end payroll operations

Team leadership

UK payroll compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

Payroll qualification

Accounting background

Tools

IRIS Staffology

OneTouch

NetSuite

Job description

We're looking for an experienced and driven Payroll Manager to lead our payroll function, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of payroll for close to 6,000 colleagues across the organisation.Leading a payroll team of eight, in Portland and Poole, you'll be responsible for ensuring payroll is processed accurately, on time and in full compliance with all relevant legislation and regulatory requirements, with particular focus on National Minimum Wage (NMW) and UKVI compliance.This is a key leadership role within the business, working closely with Operational, Finance, HR and Recruitment teams to improve payroll accuracy, strengthen controls, optimise systems and support continued business growth.

What's on Offer

Agincare is a proudly family-run organisation, dedicated to our values and to delivering the highest levels of care to our service users. Working at Agincare brings many benefits, including:Salary up to £45,000 per annum DOEFully funded training and career developmentBlue Light discount package (great discounts on travel, leisure, entertainment and more)Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - support for employees and their familiesCompany pension schemeOpportunity to work with senior stakeholders across a national organisationOpportunity to lead system improvements and transformational payroll projects

How You'll Make a Difference

Lead and develop a Payroll team of approximately eight colleaguesBuild effective partnerships with operational, HR, Recruitment and Finance teams across the businessImplement controls and processes to improve payroll accuracy and efficiencyTake ownership of IRISStaffology and oversee payroll system integritySupport the development of system integrations between payroll, workforce management and finance platformsManage relationships with HMRC, pension providers, regulatory bodies and external system providersProduce and submit ONS reporting requirementsDrive continuous improvement across payroll processes, systems and reportingIdentify opportunities for training, development and team growth

What You'll Bring

You'll be:An experienced Payroll Manager or senior payroll professional with responsibility for end-to-end payroll operationsQualified in Payroll, Accounting or a related discipline, or able to demonstrate equivalent experienceExperienced in leading, managing and developing teamsHighly knowledgeable in UK payroll legislation and regulationsExperienced in managing large-scale payroll operations in a variable hours environmentExperienced in ensuring compliance with National Minimum Wage (NMW) and UKVI requirementsA confident and articulate communicator, capable of building relationships at all levels of the businessHighly organised with exceptional attention to detail and accuracyComfortable working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlinesA proactive problem solver with a continuous improvement mindsetIt would be great if you also have experience in:Multi-entity or multi-payroll group environmentsSupporting shift-based workforces and large volumes of hourly paid employeesIRIS Staffology payroll softwareOneTouch workforce management systemsNetSuite or payroll-to-finance system integrationsONS reporting requirementsSocial care, healthcare or regulated service environmentsPayroll transformation, implementation or optimisation projects

About Us

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with close to 6,000 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new not-for-profit Children's Services.Today, Agincare is one of the UK's largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living and live-in care across more than 170 locations across England.As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community.All of our services are regulated by the CQC and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available.