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We’re delighted to be recruiting a Payroll Manager on behalf of a well-established and growing retail business. The Payroll Manager is a standalone role reporting to the Financial Controller and offers the opportunity to take full ownership of a high-volume payroll function, ensuring the accurate and compliant processing of payroll for a workforce of over 1,000 employees. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining payroll integrity, delivering high-quality reporting, and supporting continuous improvement across payroll systems and processes. • Up to £45,000 • 37 hours per week • 23 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year to a maximum of 27 days, plus Bank Holidays • Company pension scheme • Life Assurance x 2 salary • Staff discount • On-site parking Duties and responsibilities • Manage the end-to-end payroll process for a workforce of 1,000+ employees, ensuring accuracy and timely completion • Process starters, leavers, contractual changes, statutory payments (SSP and SMP), and holiday pay calculations in line with current legislation • Validate, reconcile and audit payroll data, maintaining robust payroll controls, checks and procedures • Process BACS payments and investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies and employee queries • Maintain accurate employee records within Sage 50 Payroll and SAP HR systems, ensuring data integrity and GDPR compliance • Produce payroll, labour cost, pension, National Insurance, bonus and commission reports to support business decision-making • Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities and efficiencies within the payroll function Required skills and experience • Previous experience in a Payroll Manager, Payroll Supervisor or similar payroll position with responsibility for high-volume payroll processing • Proven experience managing payroll for 1,000+ employees, including statutory payments, holiday pay calculations and payroll reconciliations • Strong working knowledge of Sage 50 Payroll is essential • Experience of SAP HR systems would be advantageous • Intermediate Excel skills, including VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, pivot tables • Strong understanding of payroll legislation, compliance requirements, audit controls and GDPR principles • Excellent organisational, analytical and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and build effective relationships across departments