Payroll and Project Transition Manager (UK)

Job Title: Payroll and Project Transition Manager (UK)

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:

Working within the UK Payroll team to support the transition of our current inhouse payroll to a managed service. UK Payroll handles 5000+ employees in the UK partnering with our third-party payroll provider (Zellis). The role provides support to the Project team and the BAU team. In addition, the role collaborates closely with our current systems payroll provider (Zellis), HR, Pensions, Finance.

In addition to the above this role will draw upon an extensive technical payroll background to be the SME lead on this large-scale complex payroll project.

JOB SUMMARY:

Payroll Project & Transition (UK)

• Lead the transition of inhouse payroll delivery to managed service provider as per project timelines and project plan
• Payroll Project experience via project lifecycle including test scripts, testing, cut over and go live.
• Support project governance where required
• Ensure all SOP’s/training materials for payroll managed service and internal teams are current, up to date prior to go live.

Payroll Operations

• In-depth knowledge and experience of working with large-scale complex UK payrolls (c5000+ employees)
• Support the BAU team with payroll verification, Integrations, Gross to Nets, third party payments and tax year end.
• Audit and review monthly payroll activities, sign off and final payroll, BAC’s process, and third-party payments.
• Support with third party queries supporting a consistent performance of the payroll service delivery.
• Support the Senior Payroll Manager in liaising daily to ensure full alignment of all tasks, timelines, issues, escalations and collaborative business tasks or projects.
• Support internal exceptions, late payments and escalations.
• Ensuring our client follows all UK legislation, HMRC PAYE rules and GDPR requirements.
• Support the resolution of all employee payroll related queries.
• Work with HMRC on queries, provide statutory reporting and any retrospective corrections
• Maintain strong collaborative working relationship with internal stakeholders to reconcile payroll control accounts and any other relevant business activities.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Resource link (Zellis) experience essential
• Inhouse payroll processing experience essential
• Significant experience on large payroll projects, must have experience of transitioning payroll delivery from inhouse to managed vendor
• Experience in payroll implementations, migrations, and technical payroll projects
• Highly numerate, excellent mathematics and will have strong & advanced Excel skills to interrogate large volumes of data.
• An organised, can-do attitude and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to pick up new processes and software quickly and multitask in a busy environment.
• Experience working in and running a large payroll (5,000+ employees)
• Knowledge of UK payroll legislation (such as PAYE, NIC, P60, P11d, P45, statutory payments)
• Effective communication skills, being able to explain complex scenarios to senior employees and stakeholders.
• Attention to detail (data accuracy and identification of errors)
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
• Proven operational knowledge of CIPP preferable.

“People Group is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to promoting an inclusive environment for both our clients and employees”.