Job Description

I am recruiting for a Payroll Team Leader on an initial fixed term contract until March 2020 based in the Birmingham City Centre; you will need to have previous experience of leading a payroll team, in return you will receive an annual salary of £29735.

THE ROLE
You will be supervising the day to day activities of the Payroll team which consists of 5 Payroll Support Officers, monitoring workload, resources and team performance to ensure that all performance and service measures are achieved in line with legislative requirements.

The team provide end-to-end administration for all areas of the payroll cycle (circa 5000 employees) including sickness, maternity/paternity, redundancy and leavers, this includes the processing of payroll and dealing with general queries via email, and phone.

THE COMPANY
You will be working for an extremely well known, large public service, a great company to have on your CV as having worked for.

TYPICAL DAILY JOB DUTIES - WHAT ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR?
- Manage and resolve complex payroll queries including NI and tax recalculations.
- Be responsible for establishing and undertaking reporting requirements for the team (internal and external) including Business Objects reporting and monthly audit of changes.
- Supervise, lead and motivate the team, communicating and addressing performance & development as required so that team performance is maximised.
- Work with the Payroll Manager to ensure that the team meets service standards and performance against agreed targets (SLA`s and KPI`s).
- Ensure work demands and available resources are effectively planned and managed, planning in advance for regular and annual events to ensure that performance is optimal (and responding as appropriate to unplanned work activity).
- First point of escalation for complex case management and dealing with complaints.
- Manage and resolve complex payroll queries including NI and tax recalculations.
- Responsible for establishing and undertaking payroll reporting requirements for the team (internal and external) including Business Objects reporting and monthly audit of changes.
- Assist Payroll Manager with audit requirements.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Comfortable with having a criminal record and finance check completed (no current CCJ`s in process)
- Experience of leading a payroll team who process a large volume of monthly payroll
- Experience of people performance management, training coaching and mentoring
- A strong understanding of all things payroll, including accounts reconciliation, pension`s administration and statutory payments
- Ability to make independent decisions on complex queries
- Balance sheet reconciliation experience
- Excellent communication skills with experience of answering general and complex queries from internal and external customers
- Ability to prioritise and remain calm whilst working under pressure and to tight timescales
- Numerical minded with strong IT skills

***PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU HAVE PAYROLL MANAGEMENT/TEAM LEADER EXPERIENCE***

PACKAGE AND BENEFITS
- Fixed term contract until 31st March 2020
- £29735 pro rota for the fixed term month contract
- City centre location - easily commutable
- Monday - Friday shift rota, 8-4, 9-5, 10-6
- 28 days holiday + 8 bank holiday days, pro rata for 4 month contract
- Attractive pension scheme

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU? ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THIS ROLE? THEN I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

Please send your cv and call Adam or Charlie on 0121 643 6954

***If you have not received a response within 48 hours, unfortunately your cv has not been selected on this occasion***