Payroll Team Leader

Portfolio Group are delighted to be supporting one of the leading providers of Payroll Services in the UK with their search to find an experienced Payroll Team Leader!

This is a permeant position working fully office based in their main head office in Coventry.

Working hours will be 9-5:30 Monday - Thursday with a 5pm finish EVERY Friday!

The suitable candidate will be ideally from a Bureau background who has no less than 3 years' experience handling end-to-end payroll.

Responsibilities Include:

• Process corrects and timely salary payments across all allocated UK & Ireland payrolls, in accordance with client service level agreements and specifications, following correct processes and agreed client authorisation levels.
• Provide a specialist payroll support and advice service to clients, including understanding the impact of events and actions on payslips and the ability to provide comprehensive and detailed payslip explanations.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory region legislation in respect of processing of all payments to employees, as well as income tax, National Insurance/Social Insurance, pensions and National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage.
• Processing of new starters, leavers, personal and job amendments, company sick pay and any other third party/ad-hoc payments and deductions where required.
• Attend regular team meetings/huddles in order to maintain an acceptable standard of service delivery.
• Ensure client payrolls are reconciled accurately and timely following set checks and balances, and management reporting is in line with client requirements.
• Generation and reconciliation of payments when required, including TT, BACS and cheque if applicable.
• Processing of Real Time Information, including electronic return of Full Payment Submissions (FPS) and Employer Payment Summary (EPS).
• Validate any exception and/or error reports for reasonableness.
• To understand the various client pension schemes and the impact of calculations on payslips, including Workplace Pensions Auto-Enrolment legislation and processes.
• Manage the appropriate approval levels, with supporting evidence, and to ensure sign off is made before BACS payments are arranged for submission.
• House-keeping data storage and paperwork, in line with customer requirements, General Data Protection Regulations and internal audit/business controls.
• Processing and validation of all tax and National Insurance/Social Insurance documentation, in accordance with local legislation, including P6, P9, P45 and New Starter Declarations.
• Apply and validate statutory payments and processes, in line with legislative framework, including SSP, SMP, SPP, SAP, ShPP, Student Loans, Court Orders, Local Authority deductions and NMW/NLW.
• Carry out any other required administrative duties connected with the efficient delivery of payroll, including filing and scanning.

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