Payroll Team Leader

7 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom British Heart Foundation Full time

Are you a detail-oriented leader with a passion for numbers and a drive to lead a dynamic payroll team? The British Heart Foundation is looking for an experienced Payroll Team Leader to join us for a 9–12-month fixed term contract to oversee our payroll operations and ensure our staff are compensated accurately and on time.

This is a crucial role to lead the team in ensuring accurate and timely payroll services for over 4000+ employees across our retail and head office directorates. You'll maintain employee data, process payroll queries, and handle essential payroll functions. With a meticulous approach and commitment to excellence, you will help the payroll team meet its targets.

As Payroll Team Leader you will:

  • Lead and mentor a team of payroll professionals
  • Ensure timely and accurate payroll processing for over 4,000 employees
  • Maintain and enhance our Workday Payroll systems
  • Collaborate with HR on process improvement to align payroll processes with organisational goals
  • Ensure an excellent customer experience for all users
  • Offer expert support and guidance on all payroll related queries, drawing on your expertise and knowledge of Payroll

    Working arrangements

    This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office. You will also be required to travel to our office in Claygate, Surrey regularly.

    Please note this is a fixed term contract for 9 – 12 months.

    At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.

    Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.

    About you

    We're looking for a CIPP qualified individual with experience leading a payroll team. You'll have up-to-date knowledge of payroll and employment legislation, as well as working knowledge of real-time information (RTI) and Auto-enrolment.

    To be successful in this role you will have:

    • Proven experience in payroll management
    • Strong leadership skills and the ability to develop team members
    • Excellent attention to detail and consistency in policy application
    • Knowledge of payroll software, preferably Workday
    • A wealth of payroll knowledge that you are happy to share, including knowledge of HMRC and benefits processes
    • Outstanding communications and customer service skills
    • Clear and logical thinking, complemented by excellent organisational skills to ensure the team's KPIs and SLAs are met
    • Commitment to the values of the British Heart Foundation: brave, informed, compassionate, and driven

      About us

      We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.

      Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

      Interview process

      Interviews will be held throughout the advertising period and shortly after the closing date.

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