Payroll Manager

Your new company
Your new company is a well established manufacturing business, based in the heart of East Lancashire. Following recent expansion and continued growth plans, they are now seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to join their team on a permanent and full time basis.

Your new role
In your new role as Payroll Manager, you will be fully accountable for the accurate, compliant, and timely delivery of monthly UK payroll across the Group. This role owns the end to end payroll process, from data collection and submission to their external provider through to quality assurance and final sign off. As the payroll subject-matter expert, you will lead on payroll, tax, and statutory compliance, ensuring gross to net accuracy and actively preventing and recovering overpayments. You will manage and challenge the external payroll provider to agreed service standards, while retaining full internal ownership of all payroll outputs.
A key focus is strengthening payroll controls and processes - reducing risk, improving data integrity, and implementing sustainable improvements. You will line manage the Payroll Co‑ordinator, with a key focus on aiding their development and progression into a more senior position whilst working closely with Finance and HR to deliver a resilient, well-controlled payroll operation. This is a full-time role, working Monday to Friday.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful, you will have proven experience managing end‑to‑end UK payroll within a multi‑entity or group environment, including working closely with an external payroll provider and holding them accountable for accuracy and service delivery. You will bring strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation (PAYE, NI, statutory payments, and auto‑enrolment), payroll accounting, reconciliations, and financial controls, with experience supporting audits, managing payroll risk, and resolving errors and overpayments. You'll have a track record of improving payroll processes to reduce risk and improve efficiency, be comfortable working with HRIS platforms, and possess advanced Excel skills for handling large data sets and complex reconciliations. You will be highly organised and detail‑focused, you'll be confident managing multiple deadlines in a high‑volume environment and be a strong people manager.

What you'll get in return
In return for this, you will be offered a competitive salary up to £45,000 alongside an array of benefits including:
Hybrid working available following probationOn‑site parking
On‑site gym facilities
Standard full‑time hours (37.5 hours per week) with flexible start and finish options
Annual leave starting at 22 days, increasing with length of service
Fully funded health cash plan
Workplace pension scheme with auto‑enrolment
Death‑in‑service cover

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