We're delighted to be recruiting a Payroll Manager on behalf of a well-established and growing retail business. The Payroll Manager is standalone role reporting into the Financial Controller and offers the opportunity to take full ownership of a high-volume payroll function, ensuring the accurate and compliant processing of payroll for a workforce of over 1,000 employees. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining payroll integrity, delivering high-quality reporting, and supporting continuous improvement across payroll systems and processes.
Salary: £38,000 - £45,000
37 hours per week
23 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year to a maximum of 27 days, plus Bank Holidays
Company pension scheme
Life Assurance x 2 salary
Staff discount
On-site parking
Duties and responsibilities
Manage the end-to-end payroll process for a workforce of 1,000+ employees, ensuring accuracy and timely completion
Process starters, leavers, contractual changes, statutory payments (SSP and SMP), and holiday pay calculations in line with current legislation
Validate, reconcile and audit payroll data, maintaining robust payroll controls, checks and procedures
Process BACS payments and investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies and employee queries
Maintain accurate employee records within Sage 50 Payroll and SAP HR systems, ensuring data integrity and GDPR compliance
Produce payroll, labour cost, pension, National Insurance, bonus and commission reports to support business decision-making
Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities and efficiencies within the payroll function
Required skills and experience
Previous experience in a Payroll Manager, Payroll Supervisor or similar payroll position with responsibility for high-volume payroll processing
Proven experience managing payroll for 1,000+ employees, including statutory payments, holiday pay calculations and payroll reconciliations
Strong working knowledge of Sage 50 Payroll is essential
Experience of SAP HR systems would be advantageous
Intermediate Excel skills, including VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, pivot tables
Strong understanding of payroll legislation, compliance requirements, audit controls and GDPR principles
Excellent organisational, analytical and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and build effective relationships across departments
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