Payroll & Pensions Manager (part-time 3 days per week) City of London £55,000-£65,000 (Full time equivalent) 12-month FTC | 3 days per week I'm working with an established Financial Services organisation to recruit an experienced Payroll & Pensions Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is a hands-on role managing payroll and pensions across UK and Irish employees and 13 companies.
Key requirements
- 7-10 years' experience operating as a Payroll & Pensions Manager
- Essential: Payroll industry experience within Insurance or Financial Services
- CIPP qualified or currently studying towards CIPP
- Strong UK payroll and pension administration experience
- Detailed knowledge of PAYE, NI, statutory payments, salary sacrifice and pension legislation
- Experience managing payroll across multiple companies
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience with payroll/HR systems - Cascade/IRIS would be ideal
- Confident dealing with employees, Directors and senior stakeholders
- Highly organised, accurate and comfortable working to tight deadlines
The role will include
- Managing monthly payroll processing for UK & Irish employees
- Joiners, leavers, amendments, deductions and statutory payments
- PAYE, NI, pensions, salary sacrifice, benefits, student loans and attachment of earnings
- SMP, SAP, SSP, SPP, ShPP and other statutory payments
- P45s, P11Ds and Class 1A NIC
- Payroll reconciliations, BACS checks and year-end procedures
- Managing pension administration across multiple schemes
- Auto-enrolment, opt-ins/opt-outs and re-enrolment
- Pension scheme compliance and communications
- Managing payroll and pension queries
- Supporting new company/payroll set-ups and ad hoc projects
This would suit an experienced Payroll & Pensions Manager who is comfortable taking ownership of a complex, multi-company payroll environment and working across both payroll and pensions. CIPP qualified and eligible to live and work in the UK. If you have the Insurance or Financial Services payroll experience and senior-level payroll/pensions background required, I'd be keen to speak with you.