Payroll Manager | £35,000 - £38,000 + Bonus | Preston + Hybrid| Exceptional Benefits | Growing Business

Axon Moore are exclusively recruiting an experienced and enthusiastic Payroll Manager on behalf of an industry-leading business in Preston to lead their payroll function and take on a fully autonomous role offering end-to-end exposure and exceptional staff benefits.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

End-to-end payroll
Management of pension scheme
Gender Pay Gap reporting
Implement current HMRC guidance and keep up to date with future legislation
Maintain reporting to HMRC
Produce and develop reconciliation files to ensure accurate production of payroll and efficient review
Manage post-payroll processing queries
Reconcile payroll balance sheet control accounts
Produce and post payroll journals
Liaise with audit team to answer payroll specific queries
Support with roll out of new schemes
Provide ad-hoc project management and delivery
Other ad-hoc duties
Required Skills and Experience:

CIPP Qualified (desired)
Great attention to detail
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Excellent organisational and multi-tasking abilities
Good Microsoft Excel and systems knowledge
Able to quickly adapt to change
Work efficiently towards meeting deadlines
Benefits:

25 days holiday + bank holidays
Company bonus (approx. £2k)
Hybrid working and great flexibility
Company pension
4x Life assurance
EV Schemes
Our local Lancashire Axon Moore team recruit all accounting and finance roles from CFO to transactional finance on both a temporary and permanent basis. For more information about this role or our wider team, please contact Jack Moss at or see our website at