Pssl - Interim Payroll Manager - Portadown, United Kingdom - Pilgrim's Food Masters

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  • Craigavon, NI based (hybrid)

We have recently announced the creation of Pilgrim's Shared Services, a fourth stand-alone company, which will bring together some of the support functions of our current three businesses (Moy Park, excluding France and Netherlands, Pilgrim's UK & Pilgrim'sFood Masters).

Its purpose is to deliver a high-quality shared service to those three businesses.

As the business grows, this shared service will broaden opportunities for career development as part of a far larger organisation.

We will also continue our investment in technology to drive efficiencies and improved ways of working.
The Shared Services company includes a dedicated Procurement function.

Reporting to Transactional Services Director, we are pleased to advise that we are now recruiting for an Interim Payroll Manager (12-month FTC).

The Role

  • Holds overall responsibility and accountability for all Moy Park and Pilgrims Food Masters payrolls
  • Leading highperforming teams for Payroll related duties
  • The delivery of service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • The highest standards of financial control and meeting all compliance requirements, including SOX
  • Setting the agenda within the Payroll teams for driving process improvements and digitalisation, working collaboratively with the Continuous Improvement team to secure delivery.
  • Transition management of transferring PFM Payroll to align with agreed target operating models and ensure continuity of services to all business units.
Job Responsibilities

  • Timely and accurate delivery of all payrolls withing area of accountability
  • Maintain a full working understanding of the organisation's payroll procedures and other integrated business processes.
  • Ensure delivery of a high quality, customer focused, and cost competitive service to the wider business in accordance with agreed Service Level Agreements.
  • Ensure all targets and deadlines defined in KPIs and SLAs are met according to BUs' expectation and agreement. Develop and maintain strong process controls to secure the completion of above
  • Lead and manage the Payroll teamleaders from 'hire to retire', managing performance, providing coaching, guidance and motivation, and developing colleagues to meet their potential.
  • Assign and prioritise workloads within the team to deliver high quality results, to enable development of colleagues and to ensure uninterrupted service in the event of absence and holidays.
  • Ensure that appropriate controls are implemented to reduce the risk of delays and errors, and implement actions to mitigate any impact.
  • Manage the relevant budget costs and ensure spend remains in control, regularly reporting progress.
  • Promote a continuous improvement culture strive to simplify, standardise and improve processes across all Business Units towards quality and productivity improvements.
  • Ensure that all deliverables expected from improvement initiatives or transitions are identified, executed, tracked and signedoff.
  • Build strong relations with key stakeholders and their teams to facilitate delivery of accurate payments
What You'll Need

  • Leadership skills
  • Experience of managing a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Decision making skills
  • Good knowledge of Payroll and HR legislation
  • At least 5 years' experience of managing a payroll team
  • Thorough and meticulous with extreme attention to detail
  • Advanced experience using Microsoft Office packages
  • Ability to identify and resolve issues and identify process improvements
  • Excellent communication skills responding to queries from both internal and external stakeholders
  • Experience maintaining data with a high level of data accuracy
  • Experience working with payroll software packages
  • Experience working with Time & Attendance software packages

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