Payroll Manager

Police Service of Northern Ireland; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A public safety organization is seeking a Payroll Services Lead to oversee payroll and pension services for approximately 9,000 employees. The role includes ensuring compliance with payroll legislation and leading a team within the Finance Hub. Candidates must possess relevant qualifications and extensive experience in payroll management. This position offers a salary range of £47,304 – £49,515 plus an environmental allowance.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate knowledge of payroll, pension scheme rules, and relevant legislation.
• Ability to present complex information clearly and effectively.
• Strong IT literacy and numeracy skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational delivery of payroll services for PSNI staff.
• Manage pension administration contract oversight.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements.

Skills

Knowledge of UK sector payroll

Experience leading and managing people

Interpersonal and communication skills

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work autonomously

Education

5 GCSEs at A*–C grade

Full Member of CIPP

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

Job Background:

The primary purpose of this role is to lead the operational delivery of payroll services for approximately 6,500 police officers and 2,600 staff within the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). This includes ensuring accurate, timely, and fully compliant payroll processing in accordance with all relevant regulatory and legislative requirements.

The post-holder also serves as the organisational lead in managing the pension administration contract with Civil Service Pensions, which covers pension services for all PSNI staff members. This requires effective liaison, contract oversight, and assurance of service delivery standards.

Currently leading the Payroll Branch, the role is evolving as part of an internal reorganisation of PSNI’s Finance functions. The post-holder will assume additional responsibility for Pay functions within the Finance Hub. Once the transition is complete, the role will have leadership responsibility for a team of approximately 25 staff members.

Hours of Work: Monday – Friday 37 hours per week.

Salary: £47,304 – £49,515 plus £1365 environmental allowance.

Person Specification: Essential Qualifications

5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at A*–C grade

Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)

Essential Skills and Experience

• Demonstrate knowledge of UK sector payroll, including pension scheme rules, relevant legislation, and tax regulations related to pay and pensions, with the ability to ensure compliance in practice.
• Demonstrate experience of leading, managing and developing people.
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex information clearly and effectively to a range of audiences, including colleagues at all levels inside and outside the organisation.
• Well-developed analytical skills, including strong numeracy and IT literacy, with the ability to interpret and work with date effectively.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and prioritise personal workload and support effective team performance, ensuring deadlines are consistently met.
• The ability to work autonomously in ensuring continuing compliance with all legislative demands, and the provision of robust controls/risk management procedures, including when implementing new ways of working.

Essential Other

The successful candidate must have access to a form of transport which will enable them to fulfil the responsibilities of the job in full.

IT literate specifically in the use of the Microsoft Office suite (including MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel and MS Outlook).

Successful applicants will be retained on a merit list for future opportunities arising.

Selection Methodology PSNI uses the Competency and Values Framework (CVF) which sets out nationally recognised behaviours and values to support all policing professionals. You will be assessed against the values and at the competencies level as indicated below. This will include both past and future focused questions. Further guidance and information about the Competency and Values Framework (CVF) is available here on our website. Please use the 2024 CVF for this role.

Applicants meeting the eligibility criteria and essential qualifications, skills and experience will be required to demonstrate their experience for the following criteria:

Competency and Value Based Assessment Values

Integrity and Courage

Public Service

Competencies – Level 2

We Support and Inspire

We Take Ownership

We Collaborate