Payroll Team Leader

Axon Moore; Colton; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leeds-based office

Flexible start & finish times

Leadership responsibility in a small 팀

Growing payroll function

Job summary

Axon Moore in Leeds is seeking a Payroll Team Leader to take ownership of weekly and monthly payrolls, ensuring accuracy and compliance while reporting to management.

You will lead a small payroll team, manage multiple payrolls and deadlines, and continuously improve payroll processes in a busy, growing function.

Qualifications

• Strong payroll processing experience with weekly and monthly payrolls.
• Experience leading or managing a small team.
• Good knowledge of payroll legislation and HMRC compliance.
• Excellent Excel skills and reporting capability.
• Excellent attention to detail and high accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple payrolls and deadlines.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive approach and ownership.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the accurate and timely processing of weekly and monthly payrolls.
• Process payrolls for a bureau, managing multiple payrolls and deadlines.
• Ensure payroll processes comply with HMRC requirements and current legislation.
• Take ownership of payroll reporting and reconciliations.
• Manage and support a small payroll team.
• Review payrolls and ensure accuracy before completion.
• Deal with payroll queries and resolve issues.
• Keep up to date with changes to payroll legislation and ensure proper implementation.
• Use Excel to analyse payroll data and produce reports.
• Manage workloads and priorities within a busy and growing function.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes and efficiencies.

Skills

Payroll processing

Team leadership

HMRC compliance

Excel

Attention to detail

Multi payrolls

Prioritisation

Communication

Tools

Excel

Job description

Payroll Team Leader |Leeds | £40,000 | Office-based | Flexible start & finish times

We are working with a growing business in Leeds that is looking to appoint an experienced Payroll Team Leader to join its busy and expanding payroll function.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you will take responsibility for the processing of payroll, payroll compliance, legislation and reporting, whilst managing and supporting a small team.

The role would suit an experienced payroll professional who enjoys working in a busy environment, can manage competing priorities, and is confident taking ownership of the payroll function.

The Role

• Taking responsibility for the accurate and timely processing of weekly and monthly payrolls
• Processing payrolls for a bureau, managing multiple payrolls and deadlines
• Ensuring payroll processes comply with HMRC requirements and current legislation
• Taking ownership of payroll reporting and reconciliations
• Managing and supporting a small payroll team
• Reviewing payrolls and ensuring accuracy before completion
• Dealing with payroll queries and resolving issues
• Keeping up to date with changes to payroll legislation and ensuring these are implemented correctly
• Using Excel to analyse payroll data and produce reports
• Managing workloads and priorities within a busy and growing function
• Identifying opportunities to improve payroll processes and efficiencies

About You

• Strong payroll processing experience, ideally including both weekly and monthly payrolls
• Previous experience of leading or managing a small team
• Good knowledge of payroll legislation and HMRC compliance
• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with payroll data and reporting
• Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
• The ability to manage multiple payrolls and competing deadlines
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• A proactive approach and the ability to take ownership

What's on Offer?

• £40,000 salary
• Leeds-based, office working
• Flexible start and finish times
• Opportunity to join a busy and growing payroll function
• Leadership responsibility within a small team
• A varied role covering payroll processing, compliance, legislation and reporting

If you're an experienced payroll professional looking for a Team Leader role within a growing payroll function, we'd be keen to hear from you