Payroll Services Manager - 12 Months Full Time Contract

www.topfinancialjobs.co.uk - Jobboard; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Payroll Manager to oversee payroll functions, ensuring compliance with regulations and managing a team. Responsibilities include processing payroll, collaborating with various teams for improvements, and demonstrating strong leadership and stakeholder influences. Ideal candidate should have extensive payroll experience and skills in risk management.

Qualifications

• Experience managing large, complex payrolls.
• Influencing and negotiating experience with senior management.
• Proven success in driving process changes from conception to implementation.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll functions including calculating employee pay and withholding taxes.
• Ensure compliance with statutory filings and manage government notices.
• Lead a team, set objectives, and coach performance.

Skills

Payroll administration

Risk and controls

Change and transformation

Business acumen

Strategic thinking

Digital and technology skills

Job description

In this Payroll Manager role, you will manage UK and Crown Dependency payrolls and lead 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, you will contribute 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 Manager, you must have experience with:

• Extensive payroll administration and support experience at an expertise level.
• Experience managing large, complex payrolls and leading a team.
• Decision-making that accounts for policy, legislation, operational performance, and team deliverables.
• Influencing and negotiating with senior management.
• Maturity and experience handling complex and challenging situations.
• Evaluating and implementing or rejecting operational changes.
• Proven success in driving process and procedural change initiatives from conception to implementation.

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

Purpose of the role

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

Accountabilities

• Processing payroll for hourly, salaried, and commissioned employees, including tax calculations and contributions.
• Administering 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.
• Managing payroll statutory reporting and liaising with tax authorities.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Influencing decision-making, contributing to policy development, and collaborating with other functions.
• Leading a team, setting objectives, coaching, and appraising performance.
• Demonstrating leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energize and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• Leading collaborative assignments and guiding team members.
• Consulting on complex issues and supporting risk mitigation.
• Managing risk and strengthening controls.
• Performing cross-area work and understanding organizational contributions.
• Engaging in complex data analysis and communicating effectively.
• Influencing stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

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