A highly motivated and skilled Payroll Manager with 15 years’ payroll experience (8 years as a qualified Payroll Manager) A key stakeholder defining and managing processes for Pension Auto Enrolment and Company Benefits including Expenses, Company Car and Healthcare Benefit Programmes for e2e clients.A strong payroll specialist who is focused on providing high quality payroll advice and support to all levels of organisations, with excellent knowledge and understanding of UK Payroll legislation.My current role allows me to: Assist in the co-ordination and management of the entire payroll function, processing payments to the frequency that suits each of our clients.Help to develop, implement and maintain system procedures and processes to meet client requirements.Ensure payrolls are processed efficiently, effectively and accurately working to strict deadlines.Manage and be responsible for accurate and complete In Year & Year End processes and submissions to HMRC, including PAYE Settlement Agreements, Client Fleet Management, quarterly P46 (car) submissions and Class 1A and Class 1B payments.Maintain and apply knowledge of payroll and employment legislation to ensure ongoing compliance. We also work in partnership with several local accountants to fully manage their client payroll, pension and bookkeeping provision.

Co-ordination and management of the entire payroll function.Defined and managed processes for Pension Auto Enrolment and Company Benefits including Expenses, Company Car and Healthcare Benefit Programmes.Enhanced quality and efficiency programmes to meet company expectations, delivering training to internal payroll team and regional offices.Planned and developed communication channels with Company Business Divisions to ensure continual improvement and standardisation of payroll operations was constantly maintained throughout the pay cycles Planned and developed internal Payroll Process Guides for new payroll system, delivering training where requiredPlanned and developed Salary Preview System for Company Business Divisions to check, verify and authorise monthly salary payments, substantially reducing overpayments to employees. Management and responsibility for accurate and complete In Year & Year End processes and submissions to HMRC, including PAYE Settlement Agreements, Client Fleet Management, quarterly P46 (car) submissions and Class 1A and Class 1B payments.Helped to uphold payroll guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures. Maintained a successful working relationship with HR and Finance Departments at all levels, delivering full payroll advice and training for company harmonisation of employee terms and conditions.Successful management and integration of company payroll acquisitionsMaintained and applied knowledge of payroll and employment legislation to ensure ongoing compliance. Results driven, promoting the importance of the payroll function to improve performance and deliver exceptional value.Payrolls efficiently, effectively and accurately processed working to strict deadlines.Minimum payday queries ensured a happy and engaged workforce.

Connaught plc was the UK’s leading integrated services provider, operating in the social housing, public sector and compliance marketsConnaught had three operating divisions which were all supported by a number of central Shared Service functions, including the Payroll DepartmentAs of 8th September 2010 Connaught plc went into Administration and I continued to work for the Administrators, KPMG to ensure final payments and transfer of employees were finalised. Managed team of 16 Administrators paying 10,000 employees on multiple pay frequencies.Control and implementation of 1x manual, 4x Weekly, 1x 4-Weekly, 7x Monthly and 3x Joint Venture monthly payrolls with 14 different PAYE references.Control of daily cash forecasts for all payroll payments including BACS, emergency, third party and HMRC payments.Close working relationship with all HR Divisions throughout Salary /NMW review process to ensure integrity of data and approval of all submissions.Completion and successful pass of Management for Success Programme (M4S) Reducing and Recovering Overpayments to Employees. Specialist knowledge of PAYE, NI, SSP, SMP including Tax Year End.Ensuring regional departments supplied data to meet submission deadlines for team and prioritising team workloads to ensure employees were paid accurately and on time.Ensuring all payroll and employee queries resolved and responded to in a timely manner. Calculation and process of final termination, redundancy and compromise payments.Completion of Tax Year End/Start on-line submissions and updating team on any changes to legislation.Analysis and reports to Financial Director on financial and headcount data and other KPI’s and SLA’s linked to staff costs.Full staff management including appraisals, salary reviews, coaching, mentoring and recruitment.