Payroll Lead - End-to-End (IRL/UK) & Compliance

John Sisk & Son Ltd; Saggart; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension and benefits

26 days annual leave

Job summary

John Sisk & Son Ltd is seeking an experienced Assistant Payroll Manager to lead and hands-on manage weekly and monthly payrolls in Ireland and the UK. You will support the Payroll Manager, coordinate the payroll team, ensure accurate payroll processing and compliance, and drive improvements in controls and efficiency.

The role requires strong payroll knowledge, excellent stakeholder management and the ability to deputise for the Payroll Manager when needed.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on end-to-end payroll processing
• Good knowledge of Irish and/or UK payroll
• Experience processing weekly and monthly payrolls
• Strong knowledge of payroll controls, reconciliations and variance analysis
• Experience investigating and resolving complex payroll issues
• Experience reviewing other people's work or providing technical support to colleagues
• Strong Excel and payroll-system skills
• High standards of confidentiality and professionalism

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end responsibility for processing assigned weekly and/or monthly payrolls.
• Validate payroll inputs including starters, leavers, salary changes, hours, overtime, allowances, absences, deductions and one-off payments.
• Complete payroll reconciliations, variance analysis and payroll control checks.
• Review payroll outputs and work completed by other members of the team.
• Support compliance with Irish and UK payroll requirements, including PAYE, PRSI, USC and National Insurance.
• Investigate complex payroll queries, discrepancies and errors through to resolution.
• Help coordinate workloads and priorities across the payroll team.
• Provide day-to-day technical support, coaching and guidance to payroll colleagues.
• Work closely with HR, Finance and Tax to ensure payroll information is accurate and received on time.
• Support payroll-to-GL reconciliations and resolution of outstanding differences.
• Assist with payroll system changes, testing and UAT.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen controls, improve processes and reduce manual activity.
• Maintain payroll procedures, control documentation and audit evidence.
• Deputise for the Payroll Manager when required.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Payroll controls

Excel

Payroll systems

Stakeholder management

Confidentiality

Education

IPASS/CIPP or equivalent payroll qualification

Tools

Payroll systems

Job description

John Sisk & Son Ltd is seeking an experienced Assistant Payroll Manager to lead and hands-on manage weekly and monthly payrolls in Ireland and the UK. You will support the Payroll Manager, coordinate the payroll team, ensure accurate payroll processing and compliance, and drive improvements in controls and efficiency.

The role requires strong payroll knowledge, excellent stakeholder management and the ability to deputise for the Payroll Manager when needed.