Payroll Manager | North Kent | £50k

An opportunity has arisen to join a well-respected, industry-leading business in central Kent as the business’s Payroll Manager.

Reporting to the Director of Finance you will be leading the payroll function taking full responsibility of the end-to-end process. You’ll be accountable for the day-to-day management and operational performance of the payroll function dealing with payroll enquiries, expenses and ad-hoc upcoming projects for the business.

Please note for this role the candidate must be fully CIPP qualified.

Key Responsibilities:
• Full end to end payroll processing for all payroll
• Complete payroll reconciliations and analysis
• Responsible for the administration of the payrolls without supervision, including RTI submissions and process end of year forms P60 and P45, P46 and P11D’s
• Liaison with sites/employees for any payroll queries
• Analysing and reporting on payroll data
• Auditing the payroll to make sure it satisfies all government regulations.
• Check and sign off the final Payment run - Pass Payroll for payment
• Maintenance of the Employee Benefits Scheme
• Provide all Payroll related advice and enquiries required by the company

What you need
• The ideal candidate must be CIPP Qualified
• Have extensive knowledge of PAYE/NIC and statutory payments e.g. Redundancy, SMP and SSP
• Extensive knowledge of pension schemes including the Auto Enrolment process
• Proactively develop and keep up to date with new payroll legislation and compliance
• Confident and able to maintain good levels of communication