Job Description

Citadel Source is delighted to be working on an exclusive basis with a leading, listed client, based in Bristol to recruit a Head of Payroll to be based in the Bristol office.

About you

The ideal candidate will be a person who has a passion for payroll and is looking to progress their payroll career whilst also having the ability to successfully lead, manage and influence a large team of 20+ payroll professionals whilst driving performance, providing opportunities for development and acting as a mentor. The successful candidate must have extensive payroll knowledge with experience in complex problem solving, a proven track record of communicating and ability to effectively work across internal teams supporting the payroll strategy.

The role

This is a hugely exciting role for a senior payroll professional, that rarely come up across the South West to truly lead and focus on improving an already sizeable and high-performing payroll team.  This role will be overseeing a complex business with both monthly and weekly payrolls.

As the Head of Payroll, your role will include but not be limited to:

• Business partner with the senior leadership team of the business entities
• Oversee the accurate and timely end-to-end payroll process covering a significant number of both monthly and weekly payrolls ensuring compliance to the company's statutory and contractual responsibilities and adhering to the embedded payroll controls framework.
• Lead weekly and monthly team meetings, looking at payroll performance, cascading information and offering support using knowledge of payroll best practice, ensuring standard processes and practices are maintained.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance and other teams to ensure seamless integration of payroll processes with other business functions.
• Manage payroll KPIs, analysing trends and using root cause analysis to identify opportunities for continuous improvements and enhancements to payroll operations and efficiency.
• Support the bi-annual audit with the external auditors providing data in a timely fashion through the agreed process.
• Be responsible for the GDPR compliance of the payroll team. Document, where necessary any payroll data breaches, analyse root cause, close any gaps and record any actions required by the team
• Manage the payroll strategy, vision and standardisation processes aligning the Manager's team strategy with the overall payroll vision.

What the client has to offer

• Competitive Salary
• 10% bonus
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid policy
• Discount on products

Sound like a good fit?……  

For more information on this exciting opportunity please apply or reach out to Jesse Howes on jesse@citadelsource.com