Payroll Manager

The Company
Able Bridge Recruitment are delighted to be working with one of Glasgow`s most prestigious education institutes in the recruitment of an interim payroll manager.

This vacancy, the result of ill health and a planned medical procedure will be office based for at least 2 days per week and will report into the head of finance.  The role is scheduled to last for approximately 3 months however this could be extended further.

The Responsibilities
The purpose of this role is to run the monthly payroll for approximately 1,600 people.  You will oversee a payroll assistant but will be hands on running the payroll, oversight of onboarding and off boarding new/old colleagues.

On a day-to-day basis you can expect to be responsible for the following;
Prepare & input all information pertaining to the payroll and fee paid contracts including responsibility for all records and returns;
Prepare and process all payroll payment files via BACS in a timely manner ensuring appropriate authorisation from bank signatories;
Carry out monthly reconciliation of net salaries, PAYE, NI, Pensions and sundry salary outlay accounts between payroll reports and Nominal Ledger;
Oversee any payroll systems upgrades and liaise with external providers when investigating changes to the system;
Maintain detailed departmental payroll analysis as required;
Deal with staff and external agencies regularly regarding queries relating to the payroll and Fee paid contracts;
Complete ad-hoc statutory returns as required.  e.g. National Statistics Office returns;

The Requirements
To be considered for this role you must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in working as a payroll senior or payroll manager (from within the UK).  Candidates will need to be available at short notice as our client is needing an urgent placement for this post.  Applicants will also need to be tech savvy and ideally have exposure to tech1.  This is a vital role for the organisation and applicants will need to be self-motivating, pro-active and be able to work with minimal supervision. 

Our client does not hold a license to offer study support so will only consider applicants who are able to work unrestricted within the UK and who are based in the immediate vicinity.  

If you are interested in hearing more detail about this role or would like to have a confidential chat about a potential career move, please do not hesitate in contacting me.