UK Payroll Lead - 12 Months Full Time Contract

Barclays UK; Northampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a UK Payroll Lead to inspire and lead a professional payroll team. This role is pivotal in ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing for around 50,000 colleagues. The successful candidate will drive process improvements and manage complex payroll issues while supporting team development and compliance with regulations. This full-time position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to strategic initiatives and enhance payroll operations within a dynamic environment. If you possess strong leadership skills and a passion for payroll excellence, this role could be your next career move.

Qualifications

• Extensive payroll administration experience in Financial Services.
• Demonstrated leadership skills to inspire teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll functions including calculating employee pay and taxes.
• Ensure compliance with statutory filings and manage government notices.

Skills

Payroll Administration

Leadership Skills

Financial Services Expertise

Decision-Making Skills

Negotiation Skills

Process Change Initiatives

Education

CIPP Level 5 Qualification

Job description

As the UK Payroll Lead, you will inspire and lead our professional UK Payroll team, striving to ensure we provide a best-in-class service that meets the needs of approximately 50,000 UK-based colleagues, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, compliance, and resilience. You will support the career development and well-being of your team, ensuring robust succession plans are in place for all roles, including your own. You will deliver the monthly UK Payroll on time, accurately, and in compliance with all relevant requirements, including controls, Barclays policies, SLAs, regulations, and legislation. Additionally, you will ensure the timely resolution of escalated and/or complex issues, requests for exceptions to standard processes and service delivery issues, and promptly report any Risk Events or Issues.

You will own and drive the implementation of projects and changes affecting the UK Payroll team, processes, and systems, ensuring minimal disruption to service. Supporting the achievement of the Global Payroll strategy, you will partner with the Service Strategy and Transformation Team to ensure any changes to processes and systems are managed appropriately.

To be successful as a UK Payroll Lead, you should have experience with:

• Extensive payroll administration and support experience, with expertise in Financial Services.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to inspire teams.
• Chartered Institute of Payroll and Pensions (CIPP) level 5 qualifications or equivalent.
• Strong decision-making skills considering policy, legislation, and operational performance.
• Ability to influence and negotiate with senior management.
• Maturity and experience in handling complex situations.
• 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, and job-specific technical skills.

Duration: 12 Months Full-Time Contract - Northampton

Purpose of the role

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

Accountabilities

• Processing payroll for various employee types, calculating taxes and contributions, and ensuring proper payments.
• Managing employee payroll records and troubleshooting issues.
• Providing guidance to employees on payroll matters, including salary calculations, overtime, bonuses, and commissions.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory filings and managing responses to government notices.
• Handling payroll statutory reporting and liaising with tax authorities.

Vice President Expectations

• Contributing to strategy, driving requirements, and recommending changes.
• Planning resources, budgets, and policies; managing policies and processes; delivering improvements.
• Leading a team, defining roles, planning for future needs, and managing performance.
• Demonstrating leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• Guiding technical direction, leading assignments, and coaching team members.
• Advising stakeholders and managing risks with a focus on controls and governance.
• Building relationships with stakeholders to achieve business objectives.
• Creating solutions through analytical thinking and research.
• Maintaining trust and partnerships internally and externally using influencing skills.

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