Payroll Manager

London / Remote Working 💰 £45,000 - £48,000 per annum 🏠 Flexible hybrid/remote working 👥 Permanent Post Are you an experienced Payroll Manager looking to join a values-led organisation where your work genuinely makes a difference? We are recruiting for a well-established London charity seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to take ownership of its end-to-end payroll function, ensuring an accurate, efficient and compliant payroll service for approximately c.2,000 employees. Key responsibilities include; Manage the accurate and timely end-to-end monthly payroll for circa 2,000 employees from start to finish. Lead and support the payroll team, providing guidance, training and development. Oversee payroll processes including starters, leavers, contractual changes, overtime, allowances and deductions. Ensure accurate processing of PAYE, National Insurance, pensions, statutory payments and salary sacrifice arrangements. Manage monthly and year-end payroll activities, including HMRC reporting and reconciliations. Oversee pension administration, ensuring contributions and employee records are processed accurately. Work closely with HR and Finance to resolve payroll queries and ensure accurate data flow between systems. Produce payroll reports, reconciliations and management information for Finance and senior stakeholders. Ensure payroll processes remain compliant with relevant legislation, internal policies and audit requirements. Manage complex payroll queries and provide a high-quality service to employees. Review existing payroll processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, controls and automation. Support payroll projects, system improvements and process changes when required.You will have: Strong experience managing a high-volume payroll function. Previous experience leading or supervising a payroll team. Excellent understanding of UK payroll legislation, HMRC requirements and pensions. Confident handling complex payroll queries and reconciliations. Strong payroll systems and Excel experience. Charity, not-for-profit or similarly complex organisation experience would be highly desirable. CIPP qualification or equivalent payroll experience would be advantageous.If you have all of the above, then please apply now! No sponsorship available for this post Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)