Sole Payroll Manager

Sole Payroll Manager

• Audit external payroll providers for compliance with UK legislation, HMRC, RTI, and other regulatory bodies, identifying and mitigating risks.
• Audit pension schemes to ensure compliance, including auto-enrolment, salary sacrifice impacts, and absence periods.
• Create and maintain SOPs and payroll documentation for end-to-end payroll processing, preparing for potential changes in payroll providers.
• Act as the main contact between operational managers and payroll providers to ensure consistency, compliance, and understanding of payroll processes.
• Improve payroll accuracy by reducing late submissions and post-termination payments, and deliver cost savings by reducing third-party queries and billable hours.
• Audit Time & Attendance data to ensure correct processing of hours, overtime, and absences.
• Lead payroll transformation programs to optimise efficiency and accuracy, including process improvement projects.
• Ensure year-end submissions (P11d, P60s, Form 42) are accurate and compliant, and conduct National Minimum Wage audits.
• Collaborate with Finance for monthly payroll approvals, ensuring accuracy and coordinating BACs approval and fund release.
• Implement and drive process change and automation, identifying technologies to deliver lean solutions, and handle sensitive payroll data with confidence.