Group Payroll Manager

Group Payroll Manager - St Austell - Permanent
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
Location: Near St Austell
Hours: 40 hours, Onsite
Start: ASAP

Are you an experienced payroll professional who thrives in a fast paced, multi entity environment? Do you enjoy taking ownership of payroll processes, ensuring compliance, and supporting a smooth HR operation? If so, this could be an excellent next step.

Carrington Wood is delighted to be working with our client to recruit a Group Payroll Manager. This is a hands on, varied role that plays a key part in ensuring accurate payroll delivery, strong internal controls, and effective employee support across the group.

• Running weekly and monthly payrolls across multiple business units
• Ensuring accurate employee data, department allocation, and cost centre management
• Managing holiday calendars, entitlements, and reporting issues to senior management
• Overseeing pension administration and statutory/governing body submissions
• Handling third party reporting and payment obligations
• Issuing employment contracts and time related documentation, following through to completion
• Supporting HR with ad hoc administration and compliance tasks
• Delivering payroll related balance sheet reconciliations, including PAYE, pensions, net wages, deposits, and deductions
• Maintaining accurate personnel files and employee documentation
• Managing access fob distribution, returns, and reconciliation
• Distributing employee hours reports and ensuring time & attendance accuracy with department managers
• Providing general administrative support, including handling queries

• Strong payroll experience, ideally within a multi site environment
• Solid understanding of payroll legislation, pensions, and statutory compliance
• Confident handling reconciliations and financial controls
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work cross functionally
• Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable managing a varied workload

• Competitive salary between £35,000 and £40,000
• Key role supporting multiple areas of a growing business
• Opportunity to take ownership of payroll processes and compliance
• Varied and interesting workload with daily impact
• Supportive, friendly working environment

Apply now for a confidential conversation about this Group Payroll Manager opportunity near St Austell.