Payroll Manager
- Recruiter
- B&Q Plc
- Location
- Southampton
- Salary
- £50k - 55k per year
- Posted
- 19 Dec 2014
- Closes
- 26 Dec 2014
- Ref
- 1400012265
- Contact
- B&Q
- Sectors
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Payroll Manager
Reports to: HR Manager - Shared Services
Role level
Professional
Role Dimensions
- Direct reports:
- 2 Payroll Supervisors
- Overall management of a team of 10-12
- Responsible for the payroll of 50,000 employees and pensioners a month across UK, ROI, JSY,GSYand IOM (multiple payrolls)
People Function Purpose
At B&Q, we do more than simply sell products. We help people improve their homes, which in turn improves their lives. That's why our core purpose is: Better Homes, Better Lives. The People function delivers this by enabling our people to inspire, lead, recruit, engage and develop within B&Q. We customise people activity in accordance to functional needs, thus enabling true leadership and an engaged culture.
Role Purpose
To lead, manage, coach and develop the Payroll team.
To manage 9 key payroll areas (mainland B&Q, ROI, JSY,GSY,IOM, Kingfisher,KITS, expats and pensioners) and ensure that all payroll payments and deductions are accurate and are made on a timely basis.
To maintain effective communication with all of our key customers and deliver an exceptional level of customer service.
To lead key projects that have a payroll bias and ensure compliance to Revenue, employment and other relevant legislation
Role Objectives
- Manage multiple payroll areas for the Kingfisher group
- Lead the Payroll team by setting clear objectives, providing coaching & training and conducting regular performance discussions & appraisals
- Build effective relationships with our internal and external customers and respond promptly to their requirements.
- Support the business and Kingfisher in all relevant project initiatives by providing payroll subject matter expertise.
- Support payroll testing for large projects in conjunction with the HR operations team andKITS
- Co-ordinate User Acceptance testing within the Payroll Department and ensure test scripts are updated for external regression testing
- Build internal & external networks and keep up to date with relevant Payroll legislation / issues and bring changes back to the business so they can be implemented in a timely manner
- Ensure compliance of the payroll area to tax, finance and pension legislation and audit requirements
- Ensure targets / objectives for self and team are met. Key areas are:
- Payrolls are processed in an accurate and timely manner, including all payments and deductions, shares and pensions.
- Prioritise workload within the department and the overall HRSS Roadmap deliverables
- Oversee all monthly control account reconciliations, ensuring all errors are investigated and satisfactorily resolved.
- Maintain a strong control environment around payroll processes and compliance to Revenue legislation
- Prepare accurate cash flow, accruals, budgets, variances and forecasts as per the Finance deadlines
- Manage End of Year and Start of Year processes in accordance with Revenue deadlines for all territories
- Manage SLAs with external parties
Knowledge/Skills/Experience Required
Essential skills:
- Strong leadership skills, acting as a positive role model, who will develop and motivate their team.
- Excellent communication skills and builds effective relationships.
- Ability to be effective under pressure, to understand priorities and meet deadlines.
- Highly numerate
- Microsoft Office
- Be able to demonstrate extensive payroll experience, preferably in a high-volume processing environment.
- Demonstrate extensive knowledge of Employment, Finance, Pension and Revenue legislation. For Example Auto Enrolment andRTI
- Understanding of compliance to Data Protection Act & audit processes