Payroll Benefits Manager

6 hours ago


Brentford UK, West London, United Kingdom DiverseJobsMatter Full time

The Payroll & Benefits Manager has sole responsibility for managing our in-house monthly payroll cycle, and benefits administration for our 950 employees across 5 UK entities. They will ensure all payroll and benefits processes are completed efficiently, on time and accurately and any nuanced issues are dealt with promptly and escalated if necessary. This is a hands-on role, ideal for someone who enjoys getting into the detail and working independently.

The position is based at HQ in Brentford, with a Hybrid Working model requiring 3 days per week in the office.

Key Responsibilities:


Payroll

  • Full end to end processing of our monthly in-house payroll.
  • Working alongside HR contacts at each of the studios to collect payroll data and ensuring this is entered into the payroll system (Workday).
  • Manually entering data as and when required.
  • Paying the necessary disbursements (e.g. HMRC liabilities, court orders etc.).
  • Managing parental leave calculations.
  • Ensuring all tax year end processes are completed (P60s, P11D(b)s).
  • Processing the monthly pension upload.
  • Working closely with the Finance team for payroll reconciliations.
  • Consistently reviewing processes to ensure optimisation.
  • Working with the systems team to ensure the configuration of business processes in Workday meets payroll requirements.
  • Taking ownership for payroll compliance.
  • Being the main point of contact for any payroll queries.

Benefits

  • Managing the annual benefits renewal process.
  • Uploading necessary reports for our benefits provider.
  • Coordinating onsite days and virtual sessions (e.g. pension roadshows, health screenings, flu jabs).
  • Communicating benefits to employees, ensuring that staff are aware of the current offerings and informed of any changes.
  • Competitor and market research for new benefit providers or offerings.
  • Being the main point of contact for any benefits queries.

Other

  • Maintaining data integrity between our HR database, payroll system and benefits provider.
  • Collaborate with our benefits broker, systems teams and local HR to enhance and streamline payroll and benefits function.
  • Ensuring our process documentation is updated when we iterate and change existing processes.
  • Processing all invoices related to payroll and benefits.
  • Providing reports on payroll and benefits data to management and our studios.
  • Supporting the Senior Manager, Total Reward with any payroll/benefits projects.

Required Experience, Knowledge & Skills: Essential

  • Considerable payroll experience.
  • Previous experience managing benefits.
  • Experience processing payroll via Workday Payroll.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Excel, with an in-depth knowledge of v-lookups and formulas.
  • Highly organised with an exceptional attention to detail.
  • Able to work towards deadlines and structure project work around payroll deadlines.
  • Confident managing payroll independently and working with local HR teams if issues arise.
  • Able to work independently.
  • Strong numerical and analytical skills.
  • Strong knowledge of UK legislation and regulations. (Including SMP, SSP, pensions auto-enrolment and knowledge of average holiday pay).

Desirable

  • Previous experience working within a HR team.
  • Previous experience with Gender Pay Gap reporting.
  • Knowledge of payrolling benefits (PBIK).
  • A CIPP qualification.


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