Payroll Manager

JGA Recruitment Group | B Corp™; United States; Remote; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

JGA Recruitment Group | B Corp™ is recruiting a Part Time Payroll Manager to oversee payrolls for a portfolio of clients remotely. You will supervise a Payroll Assistant, ensure accurate processing, and meet strict deadlines while delivering a professional service.

The role covers auto-enrolment submissions, statutory payments, holiday accrual, and HMRC updates. Experience with PAYE, IRIS payroll and working in a practice is highly regarded.

Qualifications

• Proven payroll management experience with multi-client portfolios.
• Experience supervising at least one staff member.
• Strong knowledge of PAYE, statutory payments, and payroll legislation.
• Experience using IRIS payroll and in an accountancy practice.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and process weekly, four-weekly, monthly and annual payrolls for clients.
• Manage, support and train a Payroll Assistant with quality guidance.
• Ensure payrolls are accurate, timely and compliant with HMRC rules.
• Support auto-enrolment and re-enrolment obligations for clients.
• Handle tax codes, PAYE accounts and year-end tasks (P60s).
• Respond to payroll queries and maintain confidential employee data.

Skills

Highly organized

Time management

Detail-oriented

Client confidence

Team player

Proactive

Discreet

Payroll knowledge

Education

CIPP qualification or equivalent

Tools

IRIS Payroll

Job description

Job Title: Part Time Payroll Manager (60 hours per Month)

Salary: £55,000 (this is the full time salary)

Location: Remote

Contract: Permanent, Part Time

Job Spec:

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and processing payrolls for a portfolio of clients across a variety of sectors, ensuring all payrolls are completed accurately and within the required deadlines.

You will also be responsible for managing and supporting a Payroll Assistant, providing training and guidance, reviewing their work and ensuring the smooth running of the payroll function.

This is a varied role, involving regular payroll processing, client support, compliance responsibilities and ad-hoc payroll-related duties, including auto-enrolment pension submissions. You will work collaboratively with colleagues across the wider business and provide support to other departments when required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparing and processing weekly, four-weekly, monthly and annual payrolls, alongside monthly CIS submissions, for a portfolio of clients.
• Managing, supporting and training a Payroll Assistant, including reviewing work and providing guidance.
• Ensuring payrolls are processed accurately, efficiently and within strict deadlines.
• Supporting clients with their auto-enrolment and re-enrolment obligations.
• Advising and assisting clients with statutory payments, including statutory sick pay, statutory maternity pay and other relevant payments.
• Calculating and advising on holiday accrual and holiday pay.
• Processing and managing Attachment of Earnings Orders (AEOs) and other payroll deductions.
• Responding to and resolving payroll-related queries from clients and their employees.
• Maintaining accurate employee records and ensuring payroll information is kept up to date.
• Implementing and processing tax code changes and other HMRC notifications.
• Monitoring clients’ PAYE accounts and identifying and resolving discrepancies where necessary.
• Assisting with payroll year-end procedures, including P60s and other annual payroll requirements.
• Keeping up to date with payroll legislation, HMRC requirements and best practice.
• Managing ad-hoc payroll duties and client requests as they arise.
• Managing P11D and PSA processes.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across the firm and supporting other departments where required.
• Maintaining strict confidentiality when handling sensitive payroll and employee information.

About You:

The ideal candidate will have previous experience working within a payroll environment, preferably within an accountancy practice, and will be confident managing payrolls for multiple clients.

You will be:

• Highly organised, with excellent time-management skills.
• Comfortable working to multiple deadlines and prioritising competing demands.
• Accurate and detail-oriented, with a strong focus on quality.
• Confident dealing directly with clients and providing a professional and helpful service.
• Able to work independently while also being a strong team player.
• Flexible and willing to support colleagues and other departments when required.
• Comfortable managing and supporting junior members of the team.
• Proactive, dependable and able to use initiative when resolving payroll issues.
• Discreet and professional when handling confidential information.
• Committed to keeping your payroll knowledge and technical expertise up to date.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Payroll Manager.
• Previous experience managing at least one member of staff.
• Good knowledge of PAYE, statutory payments, deductions and payroll legislation.
• Experience managing multiple payrolls and working to strict deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills.
• CIPP qualification or an equivalent payroll qualification.
• Experience working within an accountancy practice.
• Experience using IRIS payroll.
• Previous experience supervising or supporting junior payroll staff.

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply. We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist payroll, HR & Reward recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.