Assistant Payroll Manager | Greater Manchester |6 Month Contract | Immediate Start | 35k-40k

Marks Sattin are delighted to be working with a leading brand who are looking for a talented Assistant Payroll Manager to join their team. This is a 6 month fixed term contract with potential permanent opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the day to day activities within the Payroll team ensuring timely and accurate completion of 15 payrolls for 8,000 colleagues, over weekly, lunar and monthly frequencies.

• Empowering, inspiring and motivating a team of 13 made up of payroll apprentices, associates, executives and team leaders.

• Responsible for reviewing, signing off and owning the quality and accuracy of the allocated businesses payrolls on behalf of the Group.
• Responsible for creating and implement training plans tailored to role and individual.
• Ensuring payroll system testing and upgrades are working as expected.
• Supporting the integration of new business acquisitions into the payroll function.
• Improve the overall payroll process by innovating, and seeking to find better and more efficient working practices.
• Review and act upon all customer feedback; acting as a primary point of escalation for customers and making or executing recommendations for actions and improvements.
• Responsible for managing third party queries and reconciliations.

Requirements:

• CIPP accredited or similar.
• Proven experience of working with complex high-volume payrolls and strong end to end payroll knowledge.
• Proven experience in high-quality customer service deliver.
• Breadth and depth of knowledge in payroll compliance, rules and legislations such as Auto Enrolment, RTI, Apprenticeship levy and PAYE.
• Broad experience of meeting challenging deadlines and responding to urgent needs as they arise.
• Broad experience of mentoring and supporting a team and helping them develop in their roles and careers.
• A keen eye for detail and accuracy.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly and with impact, explain and resolve complex pay and reward issues in a way that is easy to understand.

Interviews will be happening shortly, so please apply or send your CV to Evie.Coates@markssattin.com

For more information on this role, please contact me directly on 0161 511 2861