Payroll Manager

HR & Recruitment
Payroll Officer
Craigavon
Contract or Temp

28/7/2023

Craigavon, NI based (hybrid)

We have recently announced the creation of Pilgrim’s Shared Services, a fourth stand-alone company, which will bring together some of the support functions of our current three businesses (Moy Park, excluding France and Netherlands, Pilgrim’s UK & Pilgrim’s Food Masters). Its purpose is to deliver a high-quality shared service to those three businesses.

As the business grows, this shared service will broaden opportunities for career development as part of a far larger organisation. We will also continue our investment in technology to drive efficiencies and improved ways of working.

The Shared Services company includes a dedicated Procurement function. Reporting to Transactional Services Director, we are pleased to advise that we are now recruiting for a Payroll Manager (12-month FTC).

The Role

Holds overall responsibility and accountability for all Moy Park and Pilgrims Food Masters payrolls
Leading high-performing teams for Payroll related duties
The delivery of service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs)
The highest standards of financial control and meeting all compliance requirements, including SOX
Setting the agenda within the Payroll teams for driving process improvements and digitalisation, working collaboratively with the Continuous Improvement team to secure delivery.
Transition management of transferring PFM Payroll to align with agreed target operating models and ensure continuity of services to all business units.

Job Responsibilities

Timely and accurate delivery of all payrolls withing area of accountability
Maintain a full working understanding of the organisation’s payroll procedures and other integrated business processes.
Ensure delivery of a high quality, customer focused, and cost competitive service to the wider business in accordance with agreed Service Level Agreements.
Ensure all targets and deadlines defined in KPIs and SLAs are met according to BUs’ expectation and agreement. Develop and maintain strong process controls to secure the completion of above
Lead and manage the Payroll team-leaders from ’hire to retire’, managing performance, providing coaching, guidance and motivation, and developing colleagues to meet their potential.
Assign and prioritise workloads within the team to deliver high quality results, to enable development of colleagues and to ensure uninterrupted service in the event of absence and holidays.
Ensure that appropriate controls are implemented to reduce the risk of delays and errors, and implement actions to mitigate any impact.
Manage the relevant budget costs and ensure spend remains in control, regularly reporting progress.
Promote a continuous improvement culture - strive to simplify, standardise and improve processes across all Business Units towards quality and productivity improvements.
Ensure that all deliverables expected from improvement initiatives or transitions are identified, executed, tracked and signed-off.
Build strong relations with key stakeholders and their teams to facilitate delivery of accurate payments

What You'll Need

Payroll Systems Implementation experience (SAP preferred)
Leadership skills
Experience of managing a team
Excellent interpersonal skills
Decision making skills
Good knowledge of Payroll and HR legislation
Thorough and meticulous with extreme attention to detail
Advanced experience using Microsoft Office packages
Ability to identify and resolve issues and identify process improvements
Excellent communication skills responding to queries from both internal and external stakeholders
Experience maintaining data with a high level of data accuracy
Experience working with payroll software packages
Experience working with Time & Attendance software packages

Pilgrim’s Food Master’s is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Consistent with our policy of providing equality of opportunity for all, we are required to seek particular information from applicants. As part of your application you will be asked to answer a short number of questions. This information will be held separate to your application and treated in the strictest of confidence.

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