Payroll Services Manager - 12 Months Full Time Contract

www.topfinancialjobs.co.uk - Jobboard; Rugby; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector is seeking a Payroll Manager to oversee complex payroll administration and ensure compliance with tax legislation in the UK. This role involves managing payroll functions, leading teams, and contributing to change initiatives within a global transformation program. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in payroll, exceptional leadership skills, and the ability to navigate complex challenges effectively.

Qualifications

• Extensive payroll administration experience at expertise level.
• Experience managing large and complex payrolls.
• Ability to handle complex situations with maturity.

Responsibilities

• Oversee payroll processing for all employee types and ensure compliance with tax laws.
• Provide guidance to employees on payroll matters.
• Manage statutory filings and respond to Government notices.

Skills

Payroll administration

Decision making

Influencing at senior management level

Process and procedural change

Change management

Education

Relevant qualification in Payroll or Finance

Job description

In this Payroll Manager role, you will be managing UK and Crown Dependency payrolls, leading 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, the role contributes 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 be successful as a Payroll Manager, you must have experience with:

• Extensive experience of payroll administration and support, with experience at expertise level.
• Worked on large sized complex payrolls and managed a team.
• Decision making that takes accountability of policy, legislation, operational performance and the wider team deliverables.
• Influence and negotiate at senior management level.
• Maturity and experience of handling complex and challenging situations.
• Evaluating and implementing/or rejecting proposed operational change.
• Proven and demonstrable success at driving process and procedural change initiatives — from conception, design to implementation.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Purpose of the role

To manage payroll functions, including calculating employee pay, withholding taxes, and any other deductions, as well as maintaining accurate payroll records for the business.

Accountabilities

• Processing payroll for hourly, salaried, and commissioned employees, calculating tax and other contributions, withholding, and paying out as appropriate.
• Employee payroll record administration and troubleshooting.
• Guidance and support to employees on all payroll matters, including queries related to calculations of salaries and wages, overtime, bonuses, and commissions.
• Compliance related statutory filings including the management of replies to Government notices related to all statutory obligations.
• Payroll statutory reporting and filing, including liaison with relevant local tax authorities.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraise performance relative to objectives, and determine reward outcomes.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviors to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviors are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energize and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others.
• For individual contributors, lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured projects, identifying the need for inclusion of other areas of specialization to complete assignments. Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, utilizing cross-functional methodologies to meet outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; provide advice to People Leaders to support resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures supporting control and governance.
• Take ownership of managing risk and strengthening controls related to work performed.
• Perform work closely related to other areas, understanding how they coordinate to achieve organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with other support areas to stay aligned with business activity and strategy.
• Engage in complex data analysis from multiple sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information clearly.
• Influence or persuade stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.

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