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Payroll Manager - Harrow
We Care Group is an award-winning care provider with a long-standing reputation for providing outstanding care to residents across the North West and Yorkshire regions. Our vision is to deliver the best possible person-centred care to all of our residents so that they can feel, safe, happy and secure – we want our homes to be their homes.
About the role
Job Overview
An extraordinary opportunity awaits you at We Care Group as Payroll Manager. This role empowers you to shape our payroll function and be a driving force in our journey.
We are seeking an experienced and proactive Payroll Manager to join our business based at our Head Office in Harrow, London. This opportunity is suitable for an experienced Payroll Manager who possessed full end to end payroll processing experience (please note it is an essential requirement to have managed hourly paid and salaried employees). You will be joining a friendly, growing business offering a great place to work autonomously, providing mentorship, leadership and support to a small team of Payroll Administrators. You will be dealing with a variety of both small and larger payrolls on a weekly basis ensuring the workload is delegated however, also working "hands on".
Ideally we would like someone based in our Harrow Office with a hybrid working arrangement - 4 days in the office, 1 day at home. However, if you have the skills set please still apply.
Please note we will be interviewing applicants as soon as they apply and not necessarily waiting until the closing date so you are urged to apply without delay.
Key Tasks
Processing and managing payroll for circa. 1,850 employees across 10 pay groups including 4-weekly and monthly pay cycles
Mentoring/training and delegating to small team of administrators providing technical support
Provide payroll reports and updates
Dealing with HMRC queries & RTI
Competent and knowledgeable with all aspects of Pensions Auto Enrolment procedures
Processing starters/leavers, SMP, SSP, P45/P46’s
BACS processing
What you will bring to the role:
Sound knowledge of payroll systems - We use Sona HR & Payroll
Team leadership/ drive and desire to lead a small team
A solid knowledge of pension auto enrolment procedures to work effectively in this autonomous role
Experience of driving improvements to enable efficiency
Our Value-Based Personal Qualities
Working Together
Involve our residents, family, external agencies & colleagues.
Speak up when things go wrong.
Respect and Dignity
Understand person-centered care and can demonstrate treating people as individuals and respecting choices.
Promoting independence and encouraging appropriate risk-taking.
Everybody Counts
Ensuring no one is discriminated against or excluded.
Understand human rights and impact on care delivery.
Facilitating people to ‘speak up’ about concerns and acting upon them.
Commitment to Quality of Care
Striving for quality in everything we do recognising and understanding what quality in care means for people within our homes.
Being accepting about criticism and focusing on improvement.
Being open to new opportunities for learning and identifying the limits of skills and knowledge.
Compassion
Treating people with kindness.
Understanding the importance of empathy in all areas of employment.
Understanding the values of others and always providing a caring service.
Improving Lives
Focus on how things could be done better and sharing ideas.
Understanding of wellbeing and what is important to our residents.
Improving outcomes for people.
Ensuring appropriate services are provided for our residents.
Benefits
We offer the following benefits:
Annual Bonus
Employer Contributory Pension of 3%
Employee Assistance Programme
Rewards Platform offering cashback incentive to several retailers
Company Events (such as Care Awards)
Employee Competitions with Love2Shop Vouchers
Buddy System (£200)
Employee of the Month (£100)
Refer a Friend (£150)
What you will need
Required criteria
- Right to live and work in the UK
- Experience of large scale payrolls with hourly employed staff
Desired criteria
- Previous experience in the Care Sector an advantage but not essential
- Experience of Sona HR & Payroll software
Professional skills you’ll need for this job opportunity
Payroll
We Care Group
We Care Group is an award-winning specialist care provider with a long-standing reputation for providing outstanding person-centred care to residents across the North and Northwest of England.
We treat all of our residents as individuals. We care about their unique needs as well as their likes and dislikes, hobbies and past times. We make sure every one of our residents is provided with a completely personalised care plan; giving them dignity, choice and independence in a home from home environment. Our reputation is built on more than 15 years of experience in care and we work hard to make sure that all of our homes provide a safe, homely and happy setting for residents – we want our homes to be their homes. This also means that all of our 30 homes are completely unique, designed to meet the individual needs of our residents and make the most of the home environment and its surroundings. Each home has a dedicated team delivering round-the-clock care to meet the varying and often complex needs of our residents. We continually invest in our homes and this, as well as our rigorous quality and safety standards, enables us to ensure our homes meet our exceptionally high standards and deliver the best support and care to residents.
As a family run business, we treat our people like they deserve to be treated; with dignity, compassion and respect. The principles of equality and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and we are committed to creating a workplace community where everyone is treated fairly and which is representative of the people that we support. We work hard to create a caring and welcoming environment for our residents based on our core values of privacy, independence, dignity and choice. We do the same for our people; nurturing their talents and celebrating their uniqueness to create a diverse, inclusive workplace where there are opportunities for everyone to grow and thrive. We want our people to be themselves; bringing their best self to work so that they can provide the best care. That’s why we have a dedicated training course in equality and inclusion for our teams and operate a fair and open recruitment process. We also offer competitive rates of pay, flexible working hours, free uniforms and a range of benefits. And we want you to be part of our future, helping us to grow as a family and put our residents and team members at the heart of everything we do.
Our benefits
We Care Group is a family of people passionate about delivering the very best care. As well as caring for our residents, we care for our teams. We invest in their learning and development, support them in their career progression and put their health and wellbeing at the heart of our approach. And we want our people to love what they do. So in addition to ongoing training and support, we offer savings on everyday expenditure to all our home teams through the online platform, Staff Treats; the leading employee benefits and discounts provider in the UK. Each month team members will have access to discounts at over 3,000 brands such as Vue, Apple, M&S, Zara and Starbucks plus savings in dining, movies, vacations, technology and groceries as well as e-vouchers and cashback. All team members have the opportunity to receive monthly and annual performance-related bonuses and we also provide free uniform and DBS checks. But we don’t stop there. We think our people are the best at what they do and we celebrate this through our monthly recognition scheme and our annual celebratory recognition event.
Vacation, Paid time off
Retirement plan and/or pension
Flexible schedule
Employee development programs
Free parking
Referral bonus
Open office
Company retreats
Competitive salary
Long service recognition
Perks Card
Wellbeing Scheme
Shopping Cashback
Social Opportunities
Employee of the Month
Employee Recognition Scheme
Payroll Manager - Harrow
We Care Group is an award-winning specialist care provider with a long-standing reputation for providing outstanding person-centred care to residents across the North and Northwest of England.