Payroll Manager

As Payroll Manager you will manage a team of Senior Payroll Administrators and Payroll Administrators in preparing timely, accurate payment of thousands of employees and pensioners across our four-weekly payrolls. 

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.  

Please note this is an 18 month contract. Also, we have an agile working policy with 3 days working in our Bury office and 2 days working from home.

We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…

You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:

• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career. 
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
• Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
• Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn a bonus for referring them!
• Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
• Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…

Your role as Payroll Manager:

• Overseeing the team in all aspects of Payroll processing, including quality assurance of work carried out by the team
• Responsible for final sign off of Payrolls
• Owning and maintaining Payroll process manuals, and the Payroll risk register, continually reviewing risks inherent in the Payroll process and taking mitigating action
• Troubleshooting system issues and resolving/escalating as is necessary, and responsible for testing and implementation of Payroll-related system upgrades and fixes
• Line management of Payroll team including coaching/training and development
• Assessing the performance of the department by measuring and analysing KPIs

What you’ll bring… 

• Expertise in Payroll, having managed high-volume Payroll departments for 5+ years

• Passionate and proven manager, with experience of managing large teams, and managing through others.

• Organised, methodical, self-motivated and committed to providing quality service

• Ability to react positively to sudden and unexpected changes in demand; a “can do” attitude”
• Good level of IT literacy inc, experienced user of Oracle Peoplesoft or similar HCM systems.
• Excellent numeric and literacy skills

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