Sole Payroll Manager

Michael Page; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing business in the Utilities industry is seeking a Sole Payroll Manager to oversee payroll compliance and lead transformation programs. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership experience and excellent IT skills. Responsibilities include managing payroll for multiple entities, auditing compliance, and improving processes. This role offers a salary between £65,000 - £72,000 per annum and a hybrid working model with 4 days in the office and 1 day from home.

Benefits

Life insurance

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Qualifications

• Prior experience in payroll leadership within a European organisation is highly desirable.
• Excellent system knowledge and technical ability.
• Experience managing payroll projects and transformations.

Responsibilities

• Audit external payroll providers for compliance with UK legislation.
• Create and maintain SOPs for payroll processing.
• Lead payroll transformation programs to optimize efficiency.

Skills

Payroll leadership

Strong IT skills

Payroll compliance and audit

Process improvement

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing, highly acquisitive business with the Utilities industry to take ownership of the payroll procedures (10+ entities and 1k employees).

Client Details

• Growing and highly acquisitive business
• Trading for 20+ years
• Operating in over 15 countries globally
• Employing over 1,000 people worldwide
• Hounslow location but based internationally

Description

Sole Payroll Manager

• Audit external payroll providers for compliance with UK legislation, HMRC, RTI, and other regulatory bodies, identifying and mitigating risks.
• Audit pension schemes to ensure compliance, including auto-enrolment, salary sacrifice impacts, and absence periods.
• Create and maintain SOPs and payroll documentation for end-to-end payroll processing, preparing for potential changes in payroll providers.
• Act as the main contact between operational managers and payroll providers to ensure consistency, compliance, and understanding of payroll processes.
• Improve payroll accuracy by reducing late submissions and post-termination payments, and deliver cost savings by reducing third-party queries and billable hours.
• Audit Time & Attendance data to ensure correct processing of hours, overtime, and absences.
• Lead payroll transformation programs to optimise efficiency and accuracy, including process improvement projects.
• Ensure year-end submissions (P11d, P60s, Form 42) are accurate and compliant, and conduct National Minimum Wage audits.
• Collaborate with Finance for monthly payroll approvals, ensuring accuracy and coordinating BACs approval and fund release.
• Implement and drive process change and automation, identifying technologies to deliver lean solutions, and handle sensitive payroll data with confidence.

Profile

Sole Payroll Manager

• A Payroll leader and manager - prior exposure and experience necessary (European organisation highly desirable)
• Strong IT Skills
• Multi site and multi entity
• Excellent system knowledge and technical ability
• Based within Hounslow
• Prior exposure to management of payroll projects
• Exposure to Audit, payroll transformation strategy as well as moving through project work (current to future state)

Job Offer

Sole Payroll Manager

• Salary: 65,000 - 72,000 per annum
• Life Insurance
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Hounslow based - 4x days per week in the office, 1x day work from home
• Payroll Compliance, Audit, Transformation and process ownership
• Opportunity to develop the payroll function