Assistant Payroll Manager-City West-Hybrid
We have an exciting opportunity for a bright Payroll Professional to join a leading international engineering company based in City West. This pivotal role sits within a collaborative payroll team, where you will have significant scope to further develop and enhance your UK and ROI payroll skills.
We are seeking a payroll professional with strong experience across UK and ROI payrolls to support the delivery of weekly and monthly payroll cycles. In this role, you will take ownership of maintaining accurate payroll data, ensuring full statutory compliance, and resolving employee payroll queries in a timely and professional manner. You will work closely with internal teams and client stakeholders to uphold reliable, efficient payroll services while continuing to build your knowledge of UK and ROI payroll legislation and tax rules.
Why Apply?
- 26 days of Annual Leave
- Pension: employer 6% contribution
- Onsite parking
- Early finish Fridays
- Hybrid-2 days remote
- Fantastic opportunity to be a part of a reputable, fast paced, and dynamic payroll team.
Core Responsibilities:
- Manage the full payroll cycle for allocated weekly and monthly payrolls, ensuring accurate and timely processing.
- Act as a key point of contact for payroll related matters, handling escalated queries and resolving complex issues efficiently.
- Partner with HR, Finance, and Tax teams to ensure payroll data is complete, accurate and submitted with agreed deadlines.
- Oversee the validation of payroll changes, including new hires, terminations, contractual amendments, overtime, bonuses, benefits, absences, and statutory or voluntary deductions.
- Carry out detailed payroll reviews, reconciliations and analytical checks to identify discrepancies and ensure accuracy before final approval.
- Monitor and investigate payroll variances, ensuring all differences are appropriately explained and resolved.
- Assist in the allocation and coordination of team activities, ensuring workloads are managed effectively and deadlines are achieved.
- Review payroll calculations and outputs prepared by colleagues, ensuring work meets the required standards of accuracy and compliance.
- Ensure payroll operations adhere to relevant Irish and UK legislation including PAYE, PRSI, USC and National Insurance.
- Work alongside Finance to investigate and clear payroll related GL discrepancies and complete associated reconciliations.
- Provide management cover when necessary, assuming responsibility for the day to day running of payroll activities in the Payroll Manager's absence.
What You'll Need:
- Minimum of 5+ years IRL and/or UK payroll processing experience within a medium to large organisation
- In-house payroll experience is advantageous
- IPASS qualified
- Ability to understand and resolve payroll related queries
- Solution orientated individual, someone who is passionate about payroll and payroll as a service
- Strong communication skills, ability to build rapport with employees as well as other departmental
relationships
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and work towards team
