Payroll Manager

The Company Able Bridge Recruitment are delighted to be working with one of Glasgow s most prestigious education institutes in the recruitment of an interim payroll manager. This vacancy, the result of ill health and a planned medical procedure will be office based for at least 2 days per week and will report into the head of finance. The role is scheduled to last for approximately 3 months however this could be extended further. The ResponsibilitiesThe purpose of this role is to run the monthly payroll for approximately 1,600 people. You will oversee a payroll assistant but will be hands on running the payroll, oversight of onboarding and off boarding new/old colleagues. On a day-to-day basis you can expect to be responsible for the following;Prepare and input all information pertaining to the payroll and fee paid contracts including responsibility for all records and returns;Prepare and process all payroll payment files via BACS in a timely manner ensuring appropriate authorisation from bank signatories;Carry out monthly reconciliation of net salaries, PAYE, NI, Pensions and sundry salary outlay accounts between payroll reports and Nominal Ledger;Oversee any payroll systems upgrades and liaise with external providers when investigating changes to the system;Maintain detailed departmental payroll analysis as required;Deal with staff and external agencies regularly regarding queries relating to the payroll and Fee paid contracts;Complete ad-hoc statutory returns as required. ..... full job details .....