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Manager, Payroll Implementation, Newcastle Upon Tyne/Manchester

Manchester
Posted 11 days ago
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EY Tax is a market leader, renowned for delivering sustainable growth and empowering our people to shape their own careers. Our diverse, collaborative team advises on high-profile transactions, combining technical expertise, innovation and a genuine focus on continuous development. Join us to work on challenging, multi-country projects in a supportive, dynamic environment where your impact truly matters.

We are looking for driven and ambitious payroll implementation professionals who are keen to develop a challenging and stimulating career. As an Implementation Manager you will play a critical role in onboarding new clients to EY’s Payroll Operate solution in the UK. Find out more about our EY Payroll Operate; managed payroll services in 159 countries designed to transform your payroll function and create a distinctive employee experience via one compliance, process and technology platform.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • Interact with clients to understand their Payroll needs and develop requirements to ensure that the implementations are completed on time and to the highest quality
  • Establish the plan and manage delivery of the client implementation project to ensure target dates are met
  • Co-ordinate data migration, parallel and first live runs with the client and the relevant internal teams
  • Work with the service delivery team to ensure smooth handover to the business-as-usual team
  • Developing and advising on bespoke financial reports, such as general ledger reports
  • Supporting and developing more junior members of the team
  • Preparing fee and budget details

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Skills And Attributes For Success

  • Solid UK Payroll technical knowledge
  • Demonstrable project management and time management skills – balancing multiple priorities by considering importance, level of urgency and other dependencies
  • Assertive and proactive approach to the delivery and implementation of client engagements
  • Aptitude for effectively networking within large organisations and building relationships with individuals and clients
  • Ability to utilise research effectively and explain complex subjects in a clear manner
  • Capability to problem solve and develop bespoke client solutions

Ideally, you’ll also have

To qualify for the role, you must have:

  • Over 5 years’ relevant hands-on UK Payroll knowledge
  • Payroll qualifications e.g., Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) (preferred)
  • Experience of payroll implementations in a high-volume business is essential
  • Expertise in understanding payroll compliance, rules, and legislations
  • Thorough understanding of upstream and downstream processes that impact Payroll
  • Good understanding of payroll compliance including AE, RTI, Apprenticeship Levy
  • iTrent experience required

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Skills

UK Payroll
Project Management
Time Management
Client Engagement
Data Migration
Financial Reporting
Problem Solving
Payroll Compliance
Legislation Understanding
iTrent Experience

Location

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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