UK Payroll Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing business with the Aerospace industry to take ownership of the payroll procedures. Strong likelihood of interim to permanent.

Client Details

Our Client

• Growing and highly acquisitive business
• Trading for 20+ years
• Operating in over 15 countries globally
• Employing over 1,000 people worldwide
• Hounslow location but based internationally

Description

UK Payroll Manager

• Audit external payroll providers for compliance with UK legislation, HMRC, RTI, and other regulatory bodies, identifying and mitigating risks.
• Audit pension schemes to ensure compliance, including auto-enrolment, salary sacrifice impacts, and absence periods.
• Create and maintain SOPs and payroll documentation for end-to-end payroll processing, preparing for potential changes in payroll providers.
• Act as the main contact between operational managers and payroll providers to ensure consistency, compliance, and understanding of payroll processes.
• Improve payroll accuracy by reducing late submissions and post-termination payments, and deliver cost savings by reducing third-party queries and billable hours.
• Audit Time & Attendance data to ensure correct processing of hours, overtime, and absences.
• Lead payroll transformation programs to optimise efficiency and accuracy, including process improvement projects.
• Ensure year-end submissions (P11d, P60s, Form 42) are accurate and compliant, and conduct National Minimum Wage audits.
• Collaborate with Finance for monthly payroll approvals, ensuring accuracy and coordinating BACs approval and fund release.
• Implement and drive process change and automation, identifying technologies to deliver lean solutions, and handle sensitive payroll data with confidence.

Profile

UK Payroll Manager

• Immediately available and/or on short notice
• A Payroll leader and manager - prior exposure and experience necessary (European organisation highly desirable)
• Strong IT Skills
• Excellent system knowledge and technical ability
• Based within Hounslow - need to travel to the office (hybrid)
• Prior exposure to management of payroll projects

Job Offer

UK Payroll Manager

• Immediate Start - Interim to Permanent opportunity
• Salary c. 65k+ (negotiable)
• Initial 6-month period, with high likelihood of extension
• Life Insurance
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Hounslow based - Hybrid working