Payroll Manager

Role: Payroll Manager Interim

Daily Rate: £140 - £300 (Negotiable on experience)

Type: Contractor, self-employed

Location: Bristol

Hours: 35 hours a week (Full-time), Monday to Friday + Opportunity to become hybrid

We have a new position open for an interim Payroll Manager to join Hartley Pensions on our Payroll team.

Accountabilities / Competencies

Pension Payroll

Running timely and accurate monthly payrolls for currently over 1,000 clients across multiple payrolls including payments to clients and HMRC.

Responsible for timely submission of RTI to HMRC.

Responsible for the yearly process schedules in line with UK Government tax regulations and HMRC, as well as overseas tax regulations.

Providing excellent customer service and effectively dealing with client queries including over the phone.

Resolving any HMRC queries in a timely manner.

Liaising with the HMRC to resolve any PAYE queries.

Build positive and proactive relationships with Administration Teams across a number of sites to ensure all data is received in a timely manner and any queries are resolved quickly.

Production and distribution of payslips, P45 s and P60 s sent either electronically or via post depending on the client s preference.

Production of various payroll reports as and when requested by colleagues.

Maintenance of Payroll Processing spreadsheets that are used to identify the clients that require processing in each of the payroll processing periods.

Payment of PAYE to the HMRC each Tax Period.

Support the business with the Transfer out process, including production of payroll reports and processing of TUPE clients away from the business.

Inputting of payroll data into Sage payroll.

Employee Payroll

Running timely and accurate monthly payroll for employees.

Production of weekly absence reports.

Production of monthly variance reports and identifying employees where pay has a significant change since last month.

Responsible for timely submission of RTI to HMRC.

Responsible for the yearly process schedules in line with UK Government tax regulations and HMRC.

Production of P11D s.

Working collaboratively on monthly pension and workplace benefit processing.

Strategy & process

Improving the general efficiency and consistency of payroll processing.

Keep up to date with Payroll legislation and communicating the impact of the changes to the business and employees/clients.

Ability to plan and prioritise a number of workstreams with conflicting deadlines/delivery dates.

Knowledge/Experience

Substantial previous experience of SAGE payroll.

Good working knowledge and experience of HMRC and tax regulations.

Experience with large and multiple payrolls.

CIPP Level 3+ qualified or Qualified IAB Level 2 Award in Computerised Payroll (desirable).

Previous experience of working in financial or professional services (desirable).

Experience of processing pension payroll (desirable)

Values/Skills

Excellent communicator and good at inter-departmental communication and collaborative working.

Demonstrable ability to meet deadlines and manage conflicting priorities.

Ability to manage expectations of stakeholders and challenge when required.

Analytical and organised with a methodical approach.

Demonstrate a flexible approach whilst maintaining legislatives rules and regulations.

Interview process

Two stages, one hour competency-based and Q&A interviews.

Who are Hartley Pensions?

Hartley pensions are a SSIP (Self-Invested Personal Pension) and SSAS (Small Self-Administered Scheme) operator. Hartley pensions provide white label SIPP s for a number of leading investment and trading platforms.

We pride ourselves on establishing and maintaining long-lasting relationships with our business partners and clients by providing them with professional, friendly and personalised administration. Our products are designed to be flexible, straight-forward and relevant to our clients needs.

Hartley pensions diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We actively encourage individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to apply. Join us in creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.

Hartley Pensions Ltd

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