Senior Payroll Supervisor

2 weeks ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom FirstGroup Full time

Who are we?

GWR is the proud custodian of Brunel's railway - one of the most prestigious in the world. We have some of the newest trains in the country and exciting plans to extend our services. With more than one hundred million passenger journeys each year, we carry people to over 280 stations in the South West, from Cornwall and South Wales to London, passing through beautiful country and some of the UK's top tourist destinations.

We are transforming the way people think about train travel, empowering our team of over 6,000 people from diverse backgrounds to make it a great experience for our customers. Together, we will revalue rail as a very special way to travel.

About the team?

The Payroll team is based in central Bristol. The team is responsible for the production of weekly and four weekly payrolls and pension submissions for GWR, TransPennine Trains, Hull Trains and Heathrow Express. The team process all payroll data and assist with the resolution of payroll related queries from staff and external organisations.

About the job?

Lead and direct the daily operation of the payroll function to provide a high-quality payroll and personnel systems service to GWR and HEx. Protect the integrity of Payroll and information systems within the department.

Your main responsibilities will be:

  • Lead and direct the payroll operations function to provide an efficient payroll service to ensure employees are paid accurately and on time.
  • Manage and control of Payroll System and associated systems to ensure the time critical objectives are achieved and that robust processes and controls are maintained and measured.
  • Responsible for the control of end-to-end payroll processing, from time and attendance to BACS transmissions and reporting to HMRC.
  • Advise on general T&Cs of employment, pay, salary increments, promotion and transfer arrangements.
  • Comply with the Group's control procedures, ensuring that all forms, changes, and requests adhere to the company delegated authority.
  • Responsible for the daily management of 5 payroll team members, including regular 1-2-1's, training, and other HR matters as they arise.
  • Assess, monitor and act on the training and development requirements of the payroll team.
  • Support Payroll Manager with payroll development projects as required.
  • Ad-hoc work as required by senior management from time to time.

You'll need to be:

  • Experienced in end-to-end payroll and strong knowledge of payroll legislations.
  • CIPP/QBE Payroll practitioner
  • Strong IT excel and numeracy skills
  • High integrity with strong communication and management skills
  • Professional, confident and act with a high level of integrity at all times
  • Proven management experience

As a minimum you'll need to have:

  • Minimum of 5 years' experience in a payroll supervisory role

About the location?

Bristol

Working Pattern?

Monday to Friday (Hybrid working – with minimum of 3 days in the payroll office).

The Reward?

As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development and opportunity to progress, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership, and an employee assistance programme.

In case of technical difficulties when submitting your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at

We all belong at GWR. This is our vision for providing an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.

We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA, ethnicity, religion and disability. We maintain zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.

We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.

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