Payroll Manager

Purpose of the Role:

As Payroll Manager, you will take ownership of a portfolio of clients. You will act as a payroll subject matter expert, applying best practice and providing advice and guidance to clients on payroll matters. This role will be primarily home-based, with team building and training days held at the Phase 3 office in Manchester City Centre on average once a quarter.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the full end-to-end payroll process for client payrolls, ensuring that all payrolls are accurate, completed on time, and all statutory submissions are performed within required deadlines

• Auto-enrolment duties on client payrolls including upload of new starters, monthly contributions and cyclical re-enrolment

• Client meetings to discuss issues and priorities

• Working well with conflicting priorities and deadlines

• Operate flexibly and have a desire to learn new systems and processes in a supportive environment

• Be proactive and accountable to the highest calibre of professionalism, service and accuracy

• Responsibilities listed above are not exhaustive and may evolve in line with business needs and the development of the role

Essential Requirements:

• Experience managing high volume payroll(s) with 1000+ Employees

• Experience of working in a bureau

• Strong Excel Skills, including competency in VLOOKUP, pivot tables and intermediate formulas

• Knowledge of P11Ds/payrolled benefits

• Communicative fluency, both verbal and in documentation

• Ability to manage own workload

• Excitement about flexibility, independence, initiative and knowledge-sharing in your job

• Commitment to clients, team and a Phase 3 role

• Add extra value to your application with experience of more than one of the following: CoreHR, iTrent, ResourceLink, Salesforce, Sage People Payroll, Brain Payroll, SAP, Unit 4 or Dayforce

Phase 3 Benefits & Perks:

• Unlimited paid leave (subject to our Annual Leave Policy)
• Bi-annual salary & bonus reviews
• Fully flexible work schedule
• BUPA Dental Care plan
• Modern office in Manchester's Northern Quarter
• Access to Perkbox for regular employee discounts
• 24/7 access to virtual GP appointments via Doctor Care Anywhere
• Regular team events and social nights
• Development time and funding
• Regular gifts and perks from Phase 3 to reward outstanding achievements, new members to your family, house moves and big birthdays
• Access to home office equipment
• And many more!

Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 dependant on experience

Phase 3 is a Disability Confident employer and we endeavour to recruit from the widest possible pool of suitable candidates. The format of the interview will be - questions based on your experience and the requirements of the role. If you require any adjustments or special arrangements to be made to our application process on account of disability please let us know in advance.