HR Services Manager (Payroll & Pensions)

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

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