Payroll Manager - 12 Months Full Time Contract

Barclays UK; Northampton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Payroll Delivery Specialist for a 12-month full-time contract in Northampton. The role involves managing payroll functions, ensuring compliance, and leading change initiatives. Ideal candidates will have extensive payroll experience and strong decision-making skills.

Qualifications

• Extensive payroll administration and support experience.
• Proven success in driving process change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll functions including calculating employee pay.
• Ensure compliance with statutory filings and manage responses to government notices.
• Lead a team or guide collaborative assignments.

Skills

Payroll Administration

Decision-Making

Influencing

Negotiation

Risk Management

Change Management

Job description

Payroll Delivery Specialist - 12 Months Full Time Contract

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

The role also involves contributing 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 succeed as a Payroll Delivery Specialist, you must have experience with:

1. Extensive payroll administration and support experience at an expertise level.
2. Decision-making that accounts for policy, legislation, operational performance, and team deliverables.
3. Influencing and negotiating with senior management.
4. Maturity and experience handling complex and challenging situations.
5. Evaluating and implementing or rejecting proposed operational changes.
6. Proven success in driving process and procedural change initiatives from conception to implementation.

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

Role details: 12 Months Full Time Contract - Northampton

Purpose of the role

Manage payroll functions, including calculating employee pay, withholding taxes, deductions, and maintaining accurate payroll records.

Accountabilities

• Processing payroll for hourly, salaried, and commissioned employees, calculating taxes and contributions, and processing payments.
• Managing employee payroll records and troubleshooting issues.
• Providing guidance and support to employees on payroll matters.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory filings and managing responses to government notices.
• Handling payroll statutory reporting and liaising with tax authorities.
• Contributing to policy development, operational effectiveness, and collaborating with other business functions.
• Leading a team or guiding collaborative assignments, setting objectives, coaching, and appraising performance.
• Demonstrating leadership behaviors to foster a productive environment.
• Consulting on complex issues and supporting risk mitigation and control development.
• Understanding cross-area coordination and contributing to organizational objectives.
• Engaging in complex data analysis and communicating sensitive or complex information effectively.
• Influencing stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues are expected to uphold the Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, along with the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.

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