Payroll Manager

A hugely successful and steadily growing retail organisation in the Lightwater area is looking a Payroll Manager to take full ownership of their in-house payroll function. Joining a large, established finance team of 20 people, you will ensure the timely and efficient completion of the 4-weekly payrollfor over 700 employees (salaried and hourly rate). This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a stable, expanding business with a friendly, supportive culture, which invests in and develops its staff to ensure their long-term career aspirations are achieved. 

What will the Payroll Manager role involve? 

• Maintaining the payroll system so that wage rates and hours are up to date. 
• Managing the holiday allocation within the payroll system. 
• Processing new starters, inputting hours worked into Sage Payroll, overtime, and expense claims. 
• Calculation of statutory payments and attachment of earnings. 
• Completing all RTI submissions to HMRC. 
• Utilising the Bacs system for payment of net salaries and PAYE/NIC. 
• Maintaining pension records and uploading monthly files and payments to the NEST and Scottish  
• Widows and People Pensions. 
• Preparing and sending out of pay slips, P45's, P60's 
• Dealing with payroll queries and running reports as required by auditors and line management 

Suitable Candidate for the Payroll Manager vacancy: 

• Significant experience in running a medium-large in-house payroll. 
• Deep knowledge of current UK payroll legislation including tax codes, N.I. and HMRC deadlines. 
• Knowledge of accounting and payroll systems (ideally Sage Payroll) plus confident Excel user (pivots & lookups). 
• CIPP or other payroll certification desirable. 

Additional benefits and information for the role of Payroll Manager:  

• Ample onsite parking. 
• Pension scheme. 
• Training and development plans. 

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