Head of Payroll - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Connells Group

Description

Eutopia Search are delighted to be supporting Connells Group, the UK's largest & most successful estate agency and property services provider in their search for a Group Head of Payroll to join their Milton Keynes head office.

As Head of Group Payroll work closely with the CFO to manage a payroll operating model, standardising processes, ensuring regulatory compliance and end-to end process documentation to deliver business continuity. This role will also actively collaborate and engage with other functions.

Duties include:

• Deliver the strategic direction for group payroll and the leadership of the end-to-end daily operations of the payroll activities
• Drive operational excellence with best-in-class process by providing, governance and oversight on payroll operational activity
• Drive and promote a customer centric approach to our internal stakeholders
• Lead compliance within operations through the design of the controls environment within the end-to-end process, identification of risks, and issue control management including remedial actions
• Oversee and lead the development of system/robotic/AI solutions
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement across the group payroll process and lead those team members responsible for the daily delivery of the process.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Setting the strategic direction of the group Payroll process and integration with other processes and functions with specific emphasis on working alongside the HR teams
• Leading team motivation and development, with a focus on continuous improvement
• Overseeing the implementation of controls and embedding risk management into the group payroll operation to ensure compliance with all payroll and tax laws
• Audit payroll transactions to ensure all amounts and payment dates are accurate including PAYE, Pensions and other salary sacrifice benefits
• Effective communication and reporting on payroll performance measures to internal and external stakeholders. Manage any escalations to a satisfactory and professional conclusion
• Management of payments to employees and third parties including HMRC
• Management and development of a high performing team and manage external payroll advisor relationships.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Strong technical knowledge of payroll processing
• Team management experience
• Variable pay experience
• Ability to show initiative and work independently to resolve problems and produce results
• Ability to cope with demanding and fast-paced environment
• User of Resource link payroll software
• Use of JIRA project tracking software
• Experience if integrated HR & Payroll systems