Location: Stirling Campus
Contract type: Open ended
The Post
HR Services is responsible for a range of people management activities and brings together three teams: HR Operations; Payroll & Pensions; and People Systems and Data Insights.
The Payroll & Pensions Manager will work with colleagues to strategically drive transformation within HR Services, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and optimisation of processes. This role demands a proactive approach to leadership, leveraging cross-functional collaboration to enhance efficiency and elevate service delivery, implementing technologies and methodologies to streamline payroll and pension functions.
Regulatory compliance is a critical aspect of the Payroll & Pensions Manager role which will require a proactive approach to staying abreast of changes in regulations and legislation, anticipating their implications and leading the implementation of necessary adjustments in a timely manner. By ensuring maintenance of up-to-date and comprehensive guidance notes on end-to-end payroll processing activities, the HR Services Manager will ensure that all payroll activities are conducted in accordance with auditing and legal requirements.
Description of Duties
- Provide results-driven direction and leadership to the Payroll & Pension team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and service enhancement
- Lead the optimisation of monthly payroll processes, ensuring accuracy, robust record-keeping and compliance with regulations.
- Anticipate and navigate changes in regulations and legislation, leading timely communication and implementation of necessary adjustments and ensuring robust record-keeping is in place for auditing purposes
- Collaborate with teams across the HR&OD directorate and beyond to align payroll and pension processes and provisions with broader organisational goals
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including colleagues in the HE sector, to explore best practice on shared issues and enhance service delivery
Essential Criteria
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent experience
- Significant payroll management experience
- Excellent communication, coaching and people skills
- Advanced knowledge of payroll legislation, including pensions and employment and tax regulations, and their application
For further information, including a full description of duties, essential criteria and details on how to apply, please see Vacancy details | University of Stirling
£46,735 to £55,755 per annum (Grade 8)
