Payroll Manager

Payroll Manager

Shrewsbury

Permanent

Monday – Friday - 9am – 5pm

Salary – Circa £32,000

Our client based in a rural location on the West side of Shrewsbury is recruiting for a Payroll Manager on a permanent contract. This is a standalone role, reporting into the Finance Director. The role is crucial to ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing for all employees.

You will be responsible for:

• Process end-to-end monthly payroll for employees
• Ensure compliance with payroll regulations and company policies
• Calculate and process statutory deductions, including PAYE, National Insurance, and pension contributions
• Maintain accurate employee records, ensuring all changes (starters, leavers, changes in employment status, and changes in role) are updated promptly
• Manage and reconcile time and attendance records
• Upload payments to the bank account each month once payroll is finalised
• Ensure compliance with UK payroll legislation, tax laws and regulations
• Prepare and submit statutory reports to relevant authorities
• Process employee benefits, including pension contributions, salary sacrifice car scheme, bike to work, employee loans and other benefits
• Respond to employee enquiries regarding payroll matters
• Investigate and resolve any payroll discrepancies or issues
• Generate and analyse payroll reports for Management KPI information
• Complete payroll year end transactions and assist in the audit process
• Report on various information to HR & other stakeholders monthly
• Provide relevant payroll information for financial reporting purposes
• Identify and implement continuous process improvements
• Develop and review processes and controls
• Managing P11D’s and Annual Returns
• Processing P60s, P45s, start letters and induction documentation

Skills and Experience

The successful candidate will need to have proven experience of working in a similar role and have knowledge of UK payroll regulations and taxation. You will need to be a confident user of Microsoft Excel and previous experience of using Sage Payroll would be an advantage but not essential.

The application process:

Our mission is to support our clients in their creation of an equal, diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to providing a barrier-free recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable accessibility adjustments within the application process, then please make it known at the earliest opportunity.

We will carefully consider your details and advise you if we're able to progress with your application within 72 working hours. If you do not hear from us within this time your details won’t be retained. So, if you're not successful on this occasion, do continue to respond to future roles we advertise. In the meantime, all good wishes and continued success with your search for employment.

About Us

Prince Personnel are an employment agency working on behalf of our client.  Whether you’re seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment or contract you’ll find us easy to deal with.  Located in thriving Telford, we focus on jobs in Shropshire, Staffordshire and North Wales.   Prince Personnel specialise in commercial, accounts and finance and technical recruitment.  With the best jobs around we are an independent agency working hard for you.

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