Cammach Recruitment for Human Resources Business Partner - Payroll

Cammach is currently recruiting for an experienced Human Resources Business Partner - Payroll on behalf of our Aberdeen based client. This is a contract opportunity offering the flexibility of a hybrid working arrangement.

Role

As Payroll HR Business Partner, you will act as the key payroll subject matter expert, overseeing the delivery of an accurate, compliant, and efficient payroll service through our managed payroll provider. You will ensure all statutory payroll reporting requirements are met, including RTI submissions, year-end activities, P11D reporting, and pension-related data reporting.

Working closely with HR, Finance, employees, and external providers, you will provide guidance and support on payroll, taxation, pension, and salary-related matters, ensuring compliance with legislation while delivering a high-quality employee experience.

The role also plays a key part in driving continuous improvement and maintaining robust payroll processes and controls.

Responsibilities

General

• Deliver a full‐cycle employee payroll processing for multiple locations in the UK, including employee deductions in line with the different company policies, contractual terms, and legislative compliance.
• Plan, control, and organize all processes to enable all payroll tasks to be completed on time and accurately.
• Ensure the payroll payment cycle is maintained at all times and that employees are paid on time and accurately while maintaining a complete audit trail.
• Manage, control, and validate the monthly reconciliation of salaries, income tax, and NI deductions and remittance to HMRC.
• Manage monthly reporting for Branches: Financial, Pension Scheme & Computershare etc.
• Liaise with UK affiliates HR teams on all aspects of payroll.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with affiliates to implement the company’s compensation and benefits schemes from a payroll perspective.
• Co‐ordinate the completion of documentation throughout the year, managing relationships with 3rd party providers to ensure that correct payments, reports, and returns are made to occupational pension schemes, HMRC, and other third parties.
• Respond to Audit requests as and when required, including annual payroll and pension audits.
• Ensure all payments to leavers are processed correctly through PAYE. Where leavers need to be restored to the payroll system, ensure compliance with correct ‘Payment after Leaving’ Tax and National Insurance.
• Manage the UK PAYE payroll administration of all employees being expatriated and returning from expatriation. Ensure employees expatriated to TGI are taxed correctly for the remainder of the current tax year to ensure the correct income tax has been deducted at the end of the tax year.
• Actively seek efficiency savings across all areas of responsibility and as necessary share any proposals for process improvements with Payroll & Systems Lead.
• Provide monthly provision of statistical information to Govt Office of National Statistics.
• Ensure Managed Payroll Provider has reconciled the year-end submission to HMRC correctly for statutory deductions from pay for the tax year. Ensure Managed Payroll Provider provides accurate and timely employee P60’s.
• Responsible for reconciliation of Payrolled Benefits, calculation of Employers Class 1A National Insurance, and subsequent payment to HMRC.