Group Head of Payroll - Birmingham, United Kingdom - ERG Ltd

Description

Flexible location – remote.

Excellent salary, bonus and benefits package.

THE COMPANY

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an accomplished senior level payroll professional to make a significant contribution to the growth and development of this long-standing, multi-faceted business. The client is a diverse £850m Group with a significant number of trading subsidiaries across the UK and Ireland. Their business proposition is most compelling – world class facilities, great people, an enviable reputation for delivering excellent customer service and a real passion for future expansion. With a migration to SAP SuccessFactors underway, the company wishes to strengthen their Head Office team with a first-class payroll professional, to play a lead role in completing on the SuccessFactors migration and manage the ongoing Group payroll function thereafter.

As part of the SLT, your key responsibilities will be as follows:-

THE ROLE

• Collaborating with SAP partners, play a lead role in the technical and practical implementation of SuccessFactors across all group companies
• Full accountability for the provision of payroll service delivery across the Group, ensuring payroll strategy is aligned with business needs
• Responsibility for payroll team leadership, direction, development and performance, delivering an accurate, timely and efficient in-house payroll service
• Monitor ongoing SuccessFactors system updates, implementing best practice for a modern, effective and efficient payroll function
• Manage all internal policies and communications relating to payroll, ensuring compliance with HMRC and other legislation and regulation
• Continuously evaluate and enhance payroll processes, implementing improvement initiatives to enhance simplification, uniformity and efficiency
• Manage payroll reporting for accounting, statutory obligations, pension and insurance, liaising with internal and external auditors as required

THE PERSON

We are for looking for an experienced and dedicated Payroll leader – CIPP qualified – with a track record of delivering a migration programme to SuccessFactors, including project testing and delivery. You will also demonstrate knowledge and expertise in managing the ongoing strategic and operational evolution of a multi-company payroll function in a medium to large scale Group. To fit in with the Group's culture, it's a given that your stakeholder management, communication and relationship building skills will be exemplary, in combination with your first class business acumen, analytical problem-solving approach and positive, can-do attitude. A consummate professional, you will possess the skill, credibility and presence to drive through this exciting payroll transformation programme, with the commercial awareness to make a significant contribution to the future development of this forward thinking Group.

This is an exciting time to be joining this dynamic and continually growing business and this role presents an excellent opportunity to make a big impact on its future development. There is an attractive base salary and bonus package on offer, along with significant opportunities to progress your career in this ambitious organisation.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: L242