Payroll Manager – Maternity Cover (1 Year) – Belfast
A Charitable organisation based in Belfast have an exciting permanent opportunity for an experienced Payroll Manager to join their team on a Maternity Cover that is expected to be for 1 year. The Payroll Manager will be responsible for overseeing, managing, and ensuring that the end to end monthly payroll process is completed for all employees in each of the three jurisdictions we operate. The post holder will manage a team of 3 Payroll Associates to provide a professional, quality, effective and timely payroll service.
The responsibilities of the Payroll Manager will include but not be limited to:
- To oversee the payroll function including management of 3 Payroll Associates including monthly payroll in 3 Jurisdictions (UK, Republic of Ireland, and Isle of Man), year-end payroll associated processes and administration of Organisation compensation and benefit schemes
- To review and evaluate the current ways of working within the team to create efficiencies and foster a culture of continuous improvement
- To ensure that audits are carried out on monthly temporary data entered into the payroll system to ensure accuracy and completeness and to build upon existing checks and balances to ensure the most robust procedures are in place in relation to payments made
- To be a point of contact for payroll colleagues to escalate the most complex queries
- To ensure that all third party payments are recorded and paid on a monthly basis including pensions, attachments, revenue, etc
- To work in conjunction with Management Accountants to ensure that all monthly payroll reports are compiled and reconciled in a timely manner to ensure that operational accounts can be posted on time
- To ensure payroll systems are kept up to date both in terms of operating software and data integrity and to escalate any issues that need resolved in relation to software to third party providers for resolution
- To provide payroll related information and analysis to HR, Operational & Finance colleagues for the purposes of salary reviews, TUPE transfers, Employer Lability Claims, Insurance, etc
The successful Payroll Manager will have the following skills and experience:
- You will have a minimum of 5 years experience in running the end to end payroll process although if a formal Payroll Qualification holder 3 years experience will be considered
- Extensive working knowledge of statutory regulations and returns
- Relevant experience in end to end payroll activity including the running of month end reports for reconciliation
- Working knowledge of Microsoft packages including Excel and Word
- Experience of working with large payroll (500+ employees)
- 1+ years’ experience in managing and guiding a payroll team
If you are an experienced Payroll professional with Team Leading experience seeking a challenging new role please get in touch with Lois to discuss on 07864739998.
