Payroll Manager

Clearwater People Solutions; Reigate; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Payroll Manager for a 3-4 month contract in Reigate. The role involves overseeing payroll processes for approximately 450 employees, ensuring compliance and accuracy, while collaborating closely with HR. Candidates must possess substantial payroll experience, strong IT skills, and excellent communication abilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of senior payroll experience.
• Excellent IT skills in Microsoft Office and payroll systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and process payroll for 400 permanent staff and 50 zero-hour contract employees.
• Check timesheet summaries and resolve payroll errors.
• Facilitate pension auto-enrolment and prepare monthly pension data.

Skills

Payroll Management

Communication

IT Skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Payroll Systems

Job description

Our client is currently recruiting for a Payroll Manager on a 3–4 month contract basis. The Payroll Manager will be responsible for maintaining and processing the payroll to ensure timely and accurate processing of all payroll transactions.

The Payroll Manager will be a hybrid based role, 3 days in the office, 2 days working remotely.

Key Responsibilities for the Payroll Manager

• Maintain and process the payroll to ensure timely and accurate processing of all payroll transactions including salaries, tax, SMP,SSP,SPP, Court Orders and holiday pay for approximately 400 permanent staff and 50 zero hour contract employees
• Checking timesheet summaries for each service and liaising with service managers to resolve any queries and errors arising.
• Working closely with the HR function to confirm starters and leavers and absences.
• Processing hours worked, overtime, allowances, sickness and other absences and change of pay rates within the payroll.
• Reviewing and checking the payroll data with HR team prior to payroll submission
• Facilitate the pension auto enrolment process and prepare the monthly pension data for upload to the pension provider portal.

Key Experience for the Payroll Manager

• Sound knowledge of all aspects of payroll with a minimum of 5 years working at a senior level within a payroll environment.
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office (Excel and Word) and experience of payroll systems
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal.

Please apply as directed!