Payroll Controls & Compliance Head

Payroll Controls & Compliance Head £65k + £6k car & Bonus - Surrey

A leading Property Management & Facilities firm based in the UK seek an experienced individual to head up their Payroll Controls & Compliance.

Reporting into the Director of Payroll & Pension this is a critical role for the firm to drive strategic direction of the UK Payroll and Pensions Function to ensure compliance with UK legislation, strong GDPR and data security practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the control & compliance strategy for the entire UK payroll and pensions services
• Lead on all controls and frameworks to cover risk
• Develop and maintain legislative compliance within UK payroll and pensions to ensure updates and changes are incorporated into the business and understood by all relevant parties
• Work with the Risk teams ensuring that the payroll & pensions risks and controls are maintained and followed
• Working closely with the Internal & External Audit Teams to ensure payroll & pensions are able to comply with relevant requests
• Overall owner for Audit preparation
• Working closely with Heads of Payroll & Pensions to develop long-term training and development plans to ensure teams are operating correctly and developing
• Develop KPIs and other key data for continuous improvement
• Communicate with Senior Stakeholders
• Coach and mentor others

Experience criteria:

• Team management experience and exposure
• Strong UK payroll background
• SOX or equivalent experience
• Strong Audit experience
• CIPP is preferred
• Ability to influence and take control
• Change management experience
• Must have worked in large organisations and understand what makes the tick
• Have the ability to develop, coach others "leadership" skill set
• Strong Excel