Head of Pay and Pensions

Opportunity Overview 

Joining the University of Salford Finance department as the Head of Pay & Pensions presents an exciting opportunity to strategically lead and develop the payroll, pensions, and travel teams. You will set the vision, targets, and objectives to drive service excellence, while collaborating with Human Resources and other key stakeholders to enable change and improvement.

Key Responsibilities 

• To manage the Pay and Pensions team, and the Travel Manager, ensuring compliance with university and external regulations, whilst providing an excellent service to our customers 
• Use of innovative technologies to drive service quality
• Influence University decisions through providing expertise in your area
• Proactively keeping up to date on, and advising on existing and new legislation, interpreting and identifying the implications of change to the environment external to the University and make recommendations proactively for how to react to them
• Create and drive action to continuously improve the end-to-end customer journey, influencing change across the University
• Undertake business analysis and utilise management information skillfully to provide cost/benefit analysis, support decision making and make recommendations on key issues
• Commitment to customer service, training, development, coaching and support, underpinned by high quality performance conversations. 

About the Department

The Finance Department is entrusted with the overall financial management of the institution and its subsidiaries. Comprising a team of over 80 staff members, the department delivers a wide range of financial services to the University, including payroll, financial systems, management and financial accounting, and a travel office. Operating under a devolved system of planning and budgeting, the Finance team collaborates closely with Academic Units and Professional Services to maximise opportunities and ensure financial sustainability.

What's in it for you? 

• An impressive 32 days leave - plus bank holidays, additional time off at Christmas and the opportunity to buy even more!
• Agile working - very flexible mix of home and office working 
• The Perks! - MySalford, our online employee portal offers a wide range of lifestyle benefits and discounts
• Wellbeing support - all our people are important to us and we have services and facilities dedicated to your mental and physical health, ranging from an Employee Assistance Programme and counselling, to sports and fitness facilities including discounted gym memberships
• Our Peel Park campus is unique with lots of green spaces and great transport links including Salford Crescent train station means we're easy to get to
• Team Salford - join us here in Salford and be part of one of the UK's fastest growing universities

We are an organisation that values diversity and inclusivity, we are proud of our diverse student population and it’s important for us to create an inclusive culture where all our students and staff can bring their whole selves to the University. The University is subscribed to Equality Charter marks such as Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, the Race Equality Charter and Athena SWAN. There is also a guaranteed interview scheme in place for job applicants who declare they have a disability and meet the essential criteria of the job they are applying for. 

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