Payroll Supervisor (12 Month FTC)

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

Your Role: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.

Day to day you will:

• 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.

What were looking for from you:

• Hold a CIPP Foundation degree or equivalent

• Have a clear understanding of employment law and tax regulations and the application to payroll procedures

• Proven management skills

• Knowledge of the SAP ECC 6 system payroll or similar complex systems and be able to gather data and problem solve

• Strong Excel skills (Pivot tables v-look up nesting formulae)

• Good understanding of Payroll Accounting practises 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

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times The Sunday Times The Sun The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news analysis opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel audio and video events and experiences our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion guided by principles and acting with purpose we exist to promote a fair society freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling we represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter.

At News UK we embrace a hybrid work model currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration innovation and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.

Life at News

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 represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age gender ethnicity disability social class or sexuality we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network Parents and Carers and LGBTQ group News Is Out and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships free ClassPass 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 talkSPORT 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 LinkedIn Learning access

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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