Payroll Senior

To manage and implement the delivery of payroll work across the service line, ensuring team members adherence to required standards, where payroll work is completed on time, to standard and within budget.

2. Scope/Reach and Key Relationships

• Partners and colleagues who are key stakeholders in payroll work across the SL
• Client contacts
• Supervision of payroll semi seniors and assistants

3. Principal Accountabilities / Responsibilities:

• Job/Workflow and Technical Management
• Ensure client payroll work is managed and supervise Payroll Semi Seniors and assistants to ensure effective workflow
• Conduct payroll processing work on an allocated portfolio of clients; extend this to any client during times of peak demand
• Ensure payroll processing log is completed
• Ensure payroll action log is completed
• Escalate more complex payroll areas and queries from self and team that require Assistant Manager or above assistance and input
• Monitor work progress and ensure appropriate levels of communication with all clients and internal stakeholders on progress for each key task or phase
• Process standard Payroll RTI reviews
• Complete pension upload processing
• Where agreed review the work of assistants
• Support queries on bills and WIP reviews and support queries relating to WIP write offs and agreeing whether reruns are required
• Support timely and accurate billing to clients
• Ensure sign off and authorisation of documents and returns is completed by a partner/director

Client, Internal and External Organisational Contact

• Act as a point of contact for clients to manage their payroll requirements
• Ensure smooth onboarding of new Payroll clients with less than 10 employees (Anti Money Laundering (AML) and EL)
• Attend client meetings as required
• Return phone calls and written correspondence to all of the above within required deadline and manage expectations effectively

Benefits

• Financial wellbeing - competitive salary, contributory pension scheme, life assurance, Westfield Health Cash Plan, income protection.
• 20.5 days plus bank holidays and holiday buying (up to 5 days).
• Mental Wellbeing - employee assistance programme and counselling.
• Physical Wellbeing - Vitality PMI/Westfield Hospital Treatment insurance, critical illness insurance, BMI health assessment, GymFlex, annual flu jab.
• Recognition - monthly nominations for financial awards based on culture and values.