Assistant Payroll Manager, Leamington Spa

* Responsible for ensuring monthly payroll is processed timely and with precision.

* Answering payroll queries from business heads.

* Ensure all processes are implemented suitably, compliantly, promptly and to deadlines.

* Work with the senior team to outline standards and modifiable approaches for payroll operations.

* The Assistant Payroll Manager will perform the following duties, tasks, and responsibilities:

* Be responsible for accurately running the monthly payroll including HMRC payments and payroll journal

* Produce pension data on a monthly basis and successfully submit the data to various pension scheme providers

* Ensure a balance in payroll accounts by auditing information, recognising and correcting irregularities and creating journal entries

* Initiate team meetings on a monthly basis.

* Keep records up to date by reviewing and entering modifications, including exemptions, deductions, status and pay, vacation earned, paid time not worked and insurance modifications

* Attain payroll monetary standards by offering yearly budget information, identifying variances, monitoring expenditures, and executing modifying actions

* Offer assistance in supervising workload, assessing direct reports and may revise the evaluation and departmental plans of other personnel

* Guarantee that team members obtain the mandatory skills and work according to business and personal development requirements

* Offer guidance to and share knowledge with team members in relation to their area of specialisation

* Act as a backup for team members who are on annual leave or high-magnitude work operations

Requirements - Qualities - Knowledge, Skills and Abilities.

* At least five years of functional experience in a payroll location, operating with multiple areas.

* Excellent ability to understand and read short correspondence, memos and instructions

* Display of dexterity in writing sometimes intricate correspondence

* Ability to effectively forward information to clients, a small group or on individual basis, as well as to other members of staff of the company

* Good MS Office skills. Preference given to those with Sage experience