Payroll Manager

Job Title: Payroll Manager
Reports to: Head of HR
Depot: Support Centre, Manchester
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to oversee all aspects of payroll processing, ensuring accuracy, compliance and efficiency. You will manage a team responsible for calculating, disbursing, and reconciling employee compensation. The role requires meticulous attention to detail, strong organisational skills, and up-to-date knowledge of payroll, pension laws and regulations.
Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end fortnightly payroll process for approximately 1,500 employees, including data entry, calculations, and disbursement of employee wages.
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll for all employees, including regular pay, overtime, bonuses and other compensation.
- Prepare and submit payroll tax returns (p60s and p11ds), ensuring accuracy and timeliness to avoid penalties.
- Address any payroll-related enquiries or issues from regulatory agencies.
- Recruit, train, supervise and mentor payroll staff, providing guidance and support as needed.
- Coordinate workload distribution, prioritise tasks, and ensure deadlines are met.
- Conduct performance evaluations and provide feedback to team members.
- To maintain the administration of benefits schemes such as the company auto-enrolment pension scheme, private stakeholder pension schemes, childcare, technology and cycle schemes.
- Produce the Company’s annual Gender Pay Report.
- Evaluate current payroll systems, processes and procedures for consistent improvement.
- Support the HR team with ad hoc tasks.
Key Skills:
- CIPP Qualified (or working towards a recognised qualification) / Extensive Payroll knowledge.
- Familiarity with payroll software systems to efficiently manage payroll data, process transactions, and generate reports. Use of Advanced (Mitrefinch) Payroll Software is desirable but not essential.
- A thorough understanding of payroll regulations, taxes and PAYE procedures.
- Strong mathematical skills and an attention to detail for high-level data accuracy.
- Proficiency in maintaining organised payroll records and documents for auditing and reporting purposes.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including active listening to accurately answer queries.
- Skilled at identifying potential payroll discrepancies and addressing them proactively.
- Good use of Microsoft Excel for spreadsheets, records and reports, as well as knowledge and use of pivot tables and VLookup functions.
- Customer-oriented mindset to provide exceptional support to employees and managers with their payroll enquiries and concerns.
LWC Drinks Ltd provides licensed establishments with all their bar and sundry supplies. However, we are more than just a distributor, becoming the fastest growing privately owned drinks company in Britain, placing 24th in the Sunday Times PWC Profit Track 100. Our aim is to provide the best customer service in the industry, employing over 1,500 people, at 18 depots across the UK, with a Support Centre and Hub Distribution Centre based in Manchester.