Payroll Supervisor; FTC

Payroll Supervisor (12 Month FTC)

Location:

News UK Peterborough, England, United Kingdom

Your Team is responsible for the accurate and timely end-to-end processing of 10 diverse in-house UK payrolls, in collaboration with various departments within News UK and other Group Companies. The team is one of two payroll teams that sits within the Finance Shared Services Department of News UK.

Reporting into the Payroll Manager, you will directly manage a team of four and the relationships of multiple stakeholders across the organisation in order to deliver a reliable and highly trusted service while being adaptive to change according to business need.

• Resolve payroll run errors, produce and reconcile multiple Bacs files and RTI reports
• Resolve technical payroll queries escalated by the Senior Payroll Administrators and Payroll Administrators
• Manually calculate Gross to net and pay on-costs and Debtor Management
• Oversee the resolution of issues arising on the payroll GL reconciliations
• Identify opportunities and make recommendations in support of process improvements to drive efficiency and effectiveness within the team
• Support, train and mentor the team of 4, including completion of PDR and development plans

• Hold a CIPP Foundation degree or equivalent
• Have a clear understanding of employment law and tax regulations and their application to payroll procedures
• Knowledge of the SAP ECC 6 system payroll or similar complex systems and be able to gather data and problem solve
• Good understanding of Payroll Accounting practices and procedures
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Efficient, hardworking and organised with the ability to multitask

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre‑existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free Class Pass at Home, weekly in‑person/virtual exercise classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talk
  
  SPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times, weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• Wide range of training available, plus full Linked In Learning access
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We are driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information. We champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive.

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