Payroll & Benefits Manager

Payroll & Benefits Manager | Full time, Permanent and Hybrid | London | Salary up to £70,000 Ashley Kate is proud to be working with our client who are searching for a Payroll & Benefits Manager to join the team. You will provide payroll services for the Firm, to ensure appropriate advisory services, financial journals, and reports, are provided to the HR and Central Finance Departments, and manage the end-to-end payroll benefits provision for the Firm. This role will be the right fit for someone who can look after high volume payroll and can work in a fast paced environment. Responsibilities: · Preparation of monthly payrolls for a variety of cost centres and processing the payrolls. · Assist the Head of HR Operations with calculation of commission and bonuses for employees. · Respond to employee payroll queries. · SAP Success Factors maintenance (in respect of payroll related matters) · Payroll tax compliance (including P11D, P45's, P60's etc) · Produce monthly finance journals, reconciliations, and reports for the central finance department. · Provide a high level of advisory expertise regarding legal compliance and new benefit trends. · Manage the relationship with the firms' Benefits broker and pension services provider. · Partnering with various areas of the business to collaborate and create improvements in process. · Liaising with the HR team and management on a regular basis regarding absence, maternity & paternity and all matters around Payroll and Benefits. · Providing regular reporting to the Head of HR Operations, Engagement Partners and the HR Partner. · Ensure all communications and updates are communicated widely across the Firm. · Supporting on the implementation of new systems/ ways of working. · Identifying and continually improving processes and ways of working. About you: · Payroll management experience. · Experience of managing end-to-end Firmwide flexible benefits. · Report production and analysis · Commercial thinker · Appropriately qualified with excellent technical knowledge of payroll and related legislation and requirements. · Ability to solve complex payroll and benefit queries · Able to make manual calculations where necessary. · Ability to communicate with both clients and HMRC. · Experience within a payroll office / bureau or practice environment · Use of own initiative to follow processes through. · Experience with SAP Payroll software (Essential) · IT Literate (MS Word, Outlook and, especially, Excel) · Excellent attention to detail · Organisation/time management · Enthusiastic and willing to learn. To confirm you must have SAP Payroll experience at an advanced level and experience processing high volume payroll to be considered for this position Interested? Please get in touch