Head of Payroll

We’re one of the UK’s leading construction companies and we need someone who is experienced and motivated to lead our critical Payroll & Reward teams. Based in our HR Shared Services you’ll play an important part of our Senior Management Team. Pay and reward is critical to the success of our business so we need a strategic leader to deliver and shape our strategy.

**Location**: Rushden, Northamptonshire with flexible/hybrid working available including regular working from home
**Contract**: Permanent, full-time - flexible and part-time hours available if desired, just let us know.

**Responsibilities**

In this exciting **Head of Payroll & Reward **role, you’ll oversee the delivery of an accurate payroll of around 10,000 employees, lead a fantastic team of over 21 people and partner with our Reward Centre of Excellence to deliver critical reward initiatives. You’ll continue to review our existing strategy and approach to help build and deliver a clear roadmap for the future and encourage cross-sharing of expertise to drive capabilities and develop our collaborative approach. You’ll also review procedures to enhance greater efficiency and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

This role will involve focus on added value, within leadership, management, governance and change management activities across the business which feed into our key priorities and organisational objectives. You’ll identify and evaluate options to Payroll and Reward challenges and ensure changes are the best solutions.

**Who are we looking for?**

We’re looking for a motivated and people focused strategic leader with previous leadership experience within the payroll & reward function and have ideally operated within a Shared Service Centre capacity. You’ll ideally be degree qualified (or equivalent) with demonstrable experience of complex payrolls (weekly and monthly) and a good understanding of UK payroll legislation and the legal and statutory requirements. You’ll have an innate ability to successfully lead, manage and influence your team, within a results-driven culture, and execute our vision of operating an exceptional payroll and reward service, which promotes new and innovative ways of working.

**Benefits at Kier**

We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
- a company car or car allowance at a value of £6,750, plus discretionary bonus
- 26 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
- A 24/7 virtual GP service available to you and your immediate household

**Who is Kier?**

We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

**Diversity and inclusion**

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

**Closing date: Friday 12 May 2023**

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