• Job Type: Remote or Hybrid (Central London office)
• Salary: from £45,000 to £52,000 per annum
• 35 hours per week

Are you an experienced and detail-driven payroll professional with a heart for people and a commitment to Christian service?

We are supporting a Christian organisation who are looking for an experienced Senior Payroll Manager. This is a unique opportunity to combine your professional expertise with a deeper purpose—serving others through excellence, compassion, and faith.

As Senior Payroll Manager you will oversee and ensure the efficient operation of the payroll department. This role is crucial for maintaining compliance with UK payroll laws and managing various payroll processes. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in payroll management and ideally implementation, strong organisational skills, and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

Day-to-Day of the Role:

• Keep up-to-date and ensure compliance with any changes to UK Payroll law.
• Supervise and oversee the payroll function, including direct management of the Payroll & HR Assistant.
• Produce and maintain an annual timetable of payroll processes.
• Assist in monthly payroll processing, including handling joiners and leavers, data entry, producing reports, payslips, and processing payments.
• Process at least one of the smaller payrolls each month to maintain practice and knowledge of payroll entry.
• Check and authorise all payroll transactions and supervise or process post-update adjustments.
• Perform month-end processes, including turnover data production, updating Perkbox and other portals with joiners and leavers data, and processing HMRC and Attachment of Earnings Orders payments.
• Ensure HMRC payments are reconciled to reported submissions and assist finance with payroll reconciliation queries.
• Perform all year-end processes, including production and distribution of P60s, P11Ds, and all HMRC reporting.
• Prepare payroll for the new tax year, including legislative updates and updating all staff pay rates.
• Take the lead in HMRC inspections and review processes, updating payroll process forms and checklists as required.
• Resolve payroll queries/problems from managers, administrators, and individual staff.
• Maintain online payslip portal, including handling queries from staff and password resets.
• Train new administrators/managers in payroll processes.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Proven payroll experience, including knowledge of PAYE and related issues.
• Experience using SAGE Payroll 50 (desirable) or similar systems.
• Strong understanding of integration between payroll, HR, and rostering systems.
• Experience of process improvement and automation in a payroll environment.

As a result of our Christian ethos, this post is covered by an Occupational Requirement (OR) under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010. The successful applicant will be expected to be a practicing Christian and to clearly demonstrate:

• A personal commitment to the mission, principles, values and practices contained in our Mission Statement.

• Active membership of local church congregation.

• An understanding of the faith aspects of the work of Christian charities, including the recruitment process