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Payroll Manager
£45,000–£55,000 per annum + benefits
Guildford – Hybrid Working (3 Days On-Site)
Permanent Opportunity
We're supporting a well-established property business that is looking to appoint an experienced Payroll Manager to take ownership of its payroll function.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced payroll professional to lead the end-to-end payroll process for a large, multi-entity workforce while improving processes, strengthening controls and helping shape the payroll function for the future.
The Role
Reporting into the leadership team, you'll have full ownership of the monthly payroll cycle from start to finish, working closely with Finance, HR and external providers to ensure payroll is delivered accurately and on time.
This is a hands-on role where you'll remain close to the detail while also supporting a junior team member, improving processes and ensuring strong controls are maintained across payroll, benefits and expenses.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end monthly payroll process for a workforce of over 1,000 employees across multiple legal entities
- Review and validate payroll inputs including salary changes, overtime, bonuses, expenses, benefits, pensions and statutory deductions
- Ensure payroll is processed accurately and in line with HMRC legislation, pension regulations and internal controls
- Reconcile payroll journals, control accounts, pensions and statutory payments as part of the month-end process
- Work closely with Finance on payroll journals, reconciliations and monthly reporting requirements
- Investigate and resolve payroll queries, discrepancies and more complex employee issues
- Review and approve employee expenses, ensuring compliance with internal policies
- Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, controls and ways of working
- Support future payroll system enhancements and automation initiatives
- Coach and support a Payroll & Benefits Administrator, providing guidance and quality assurance
- Build strong working relationships across HR and Finance as well as with external payroll and benefits providers
- Ensure payroll records, documentation and employee data remain accurate, compliant and confidential
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What We're Looking For
- Proven experience owning end-to-end payroll within a medium to large organisation
- Strong understanding of UK payroll legislation, PAYE, pensions, statutory payments and payroll compliance
- Experience managing payroll for a large and potentially complex employee population
- Strong reconciliation skills with experience reviewing payroll journals and supporting month-end
- Excellent Excel skills, including experience working with large datasets, Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
- Experience with payroll, expenses and finance systems, with SAP Concur, Opera or similar beneficial
- Previous experience supporting or mentoring junior payroll team members
- Highly organised with the ability to manage strict monthly deadlines
- Strong attention to detail and comfortable handling confidential information
- CIPP qualification or equivalent would be advantageous
- A proactive, hands-on approach with an interest in improving processes and systems
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Why Join?
This is a fantastic opportunity to take genuine ownership of a sizeable payroll function within a well-established organisation. You'll have the autonomy to improve processes and controls, support future system development and play a key role across both Finance and HR.
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If you're an experienced Payroll Manager, Payroll Lead or Senior Payroll Specialist looking for a permanent role where you can take ownership and make an impact, we'd love to hear from you.
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