HR & Payroll Manager

6 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom JGA Recruitment Full time

Title: HR & Payroll Manager
Salary: £55-60,000
Location: Manchester – Office based
Contract: Permanent
  
We are looking for an experienced HR & Payroll Manager to lead payroll processing and provide strategic HR support across the organisation. This pivotal role ensures compliance, drives efficiency, and supports our team’s development while fostering a positive and productive workplace culture.
  
Key Responsibilities:
  
Payroll Management

Oversee the end-to-end payroll process, ensuring accuracy and meeting deadlines.
Manage payroll data, including onboarding, offboarding, timesheets, and updates to employee details.
Maintain and improve tracking systems to ensure contractual and statutory obligations are met.
Act as the primary contact for payroll inquiries, addressing internal and external queries.
Handle month-end and year-end reconciliations, ensuring compliance with HMRC and statutory reporting deadlines.
Continuously evaluate and streamline payroll processes to improve efficiency and adopt best practices.
Prepare reports to aid budgeting and forecasting.
Liaise with external stakeholders, including auditors and recruitment agencies, as needed.   
HR Management

Lead the HR team to provide advisory support across the organization.
Be the first point of contact for HR queries, offering guidance in line with up-to-date employment law.
Manage and advise on employee relations cases, including performance management, grievances, and disciplinary actions.
Oversee documentation for HR cases, such as invite letters, outcome communications, and action plans.
Work closely with managers to address performance issues and develop improvement strategies.
Manage long-term sickness cases, ensuring employees are supported and business impact is minimized.
Conduct welfare meetings and coordinate referrals to occupational health providers.
Lead capability and ill-health dismissal meetings when required.
Oversee recruitment campaigns, including job fairs and external events.
Develop cost-effective recruitment strategies to attract top talent.   
What We’re Looking For:

Proven experience in HR and payroll management, ideally in fast-paced environments.
Strong knowledge of payroll systems; Sage experience is a plus.
Familiarity with RTI, auto-enrollment, and NLW/NMW compliance.
CIPP or CIPD qualifications are preferred but not essential if experience aligns.
Exceptional attention to detail, organization, and prioritization skills.
Strong interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
A people-focused, hands-on leader with a commitment to fostering a supportive workplace culture.   
  
JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist Payroll and HR recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business).
These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us


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