[ref. d62348722] Payroll Manager - 12 month FTC

This is a critical role in maintaining payroll integrity and improving current processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage UK Payroll: Run the payroll function for the UK, ensuring timely and accurate processing for all employees.
• Oversee Outsourced Payroll: Supervise outsourced payroll processes in the Netherlands and Dubai, ensuring compliance with local regulations and timely reporting.
• System Expertise (Sage 50): Utilise your experience with Sage 50 to manage the payroll process and ensure the integrity of the data.
• Payroll Migration to HiBob: Assist in and drive the payroll migration from Sage 50 to HiBob, ensuring a smooth transition and accurate data migration.
• Process Documentation: Develop and create full process notes for payroll activities, ensuring all steps are documented for future reference.
• Improve Payroll Processes: Analyse and enhance current payroll processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and compliance. Help implement strong payroll controls across all entities.
• Book Payroll Journals: Post accurate payroll journals into NetSuite, ensuring proper integration with the finance function.
• Handle Payroll Queries: Answer all payroll-related queries, particularly around commission structures, in close liaison with the accounting team.
• Compliance and Reporting: Ensure compliance with UK payroll legislation and coordinate with external providers for the Netherlands and Dubai payrolls to meet local regulatory requirements.
• Maintain Payroll Records: Ensure all payroll records are kept up to date and in accordance with company policy and statutory requirements.

Requirements

Key Skills & Experience:

• Proven Payroll Experience: Strong background in managing payroll processes, with experience across multiple geographies being beneficial (particularly UK, Netherlands, and Dubai).
• Strong Excel Skills:Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to analyse data, use formulas, pivot tables, and create financial models to support payroll processes.
• Sage 50 Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Sage 50 payroll systems is essential.
• Process Improvement: Strong ability to analyse, document, and improve payroll processes, with experience implementing payroll controls.
• Attention to Detail: Meticulous with numbers, ensuring absolute accuracy in payroll calculations, tax submissions, and reporting.
• NetSuite Knowledge: Experience posting payroll journals into NetSuite or similar ERP systems is highly desirable.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills to liaise with internal teams and answer payroll-related queries efficiently, especially around complex areas like commissions.
• Timely and Organised: Ability to work under deadlines and process payrolls promptly, ensuring there are no delays or errors in employee payments.
• Compliance Focused: Up-to-date knowledge of payroll regulations in the UK, and ideally some familiarity with payroll regulations in other countries

• Competitive base salary
• Award-winning training and development throughout every stage of your career
• Employee Owned Business
• Hybrid flexible working model - 2/3 days a week in London office
• Clear progression path
• Gymbox membership
• Annual company Ski trip
• Quarterly business incentives and Monthly team incentives
• Weekly office massages
• 24-hour healthcare support hotline
• Cycyle2work
• Discounted Bupa dental & medical cover
• Hypnotherapy

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