Humber Recruitment are resourcing a Payroll and Pensions Manager for a valued client of ours in Grimsby!

Responsible to: Senior Financial Accountant

Responsible for: The Payroll and Pensions Manager will lead and be responsible for managing the payroll function, serving the TEC Partnership group as well as managing a team of Payroll and Pensions Teams and overseeing the pensions within the Finance Team.

Job Purpose:

To lead and be responsible for managing the payroll function, serving the Client group as well as managing the Payroll and Pensions Team and overseeing the pensions within the Finance Team.

Key Responsibilities:

• To lead, manage, and develop the day-to-day running of the payroll function, including salary, pension and expenses.
• Handle starters, leavers, contract changes and tax code adjustments, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and Client policies.
• Ensure accurate monthly and annual returns for all pension schemes, meeting deadlines.
• Dealing with internal and external queries.
• Assist with the administration of all claims for extra payments and deductions including travel, subsistence, overtime and any other payment/deduction duly authorised.

Specific Duties:

• Process starter/leaver and post-amendment details to ensure timely and correct payments Process part-time hourly paid claim forms
• Generate reports (manually and from databases)
• To check the accuracy of amendments to the payroll
• Perform other duties which reasonably correspond to the overall purpose of the post, including student enrolment
• Deal with pension administration and other payroll-related benefits
• Provide advice to managers, The People and Culture Team and staff on various payroll and pension matters
• Review and maintain service standards within the payroll team
• Collaborate with the Senior Financial Accountant and payroll providers to ensure correct system setup, enhance utilisation and improve reporting

Budget Responsibility:

The post has no specific budget responsibility other than the general requirement to ensure that any spending they are responsible for is undertaken in accordance with the Group’s purchasing and financial regulations.

Continuing Professional Development:

• The post holder will proactively take part in the Group Appraisal process and will appraise any staff they are responsible for
• The post holder must undertake all training deemed mandatory by the Client (e.g. Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity and Health and Safety) and will be expected to attend all other relevant training and continuous professional development events. They are responsible for their own professional updating

Health and Safety:

The post holder will be required:

• To take reasonable care to safeguard their own safety and that of others with whom they work;
• To cooperate with designated officers named by the Governors and/or the Principal and any other designated manager to enable the Client to comply with its obligations under Health and Safety legislation
• Not to interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health and safety or welfare
• To report immediately any defects in plant, equipment or the environment

Equality and Diversity:

The Group is committed to the provision of equal opportunities and strives to ensure that unfair discrimination does not occur. All employees have a duty to ensure unfair discrimination does not occur and to support the implementation of the Institute Groups’ Equality policy as appropriate.

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults:

The Client recognises that it has a statutory and moral duty towards safeguarding the welfare of children, young people and, if appropriate, vulnerable adults who participate in any Institute group activities and expects all staff to share this commitment. All safeguarding mandatory training and updating must be undertaken.

Group Policies and Procedures:

All staff are required to be aware of and comply with all Group Policies and Procedures which are accessed via the Virtual Learning Environment.

Qualities identified and determined by: E = Essential            D = Desirable

To apply for the position, simply click the apply button below and complete the resulting form. For more information on the role, call the Humber Recruitment team on 01472 729768 and we will be happy to assist. You can see our full list of current vacancies by clicking here.