Payroll Team Leader

Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

1/10/2025

Are you interested in working for a rapidly evolving company?; Want a career where no two days are the same?; Want to be supported by a learning and development team as you grow?

Who are Azets

Azets are a leading firm of Accountants and Business Advisers operating across the UK, Ireland and the Nordics, we have over a wide network of employees and an abundance of inspiring opportunities to join one of our many offices!

We are a top ten accountancy firm in the UK and are the number one largest SME practice.

The opportunity

• As a Team Leader at Azets, you will have the ability and motivation needed to:
• Own and manage a client portfolio with minimal support from senior staff
• Support in delivering revenue and profitability targets
• Foster enduring client relationships
• Develop and inspire our smarter people plan
  
  
  

Day to day duties

• Support the Payroll Manager, managing/supervising a payroll team and assigning tasks
• Responsible for performance of each staff member, ensuring appraisals and training are provided, inducting new starters
• You will manage the day to day workflow and distribution of client portfolios, Managing and resolving any issues related to payroll
• Oversee the more complex clients within the team, and review payroll payments and account reconciliations
• Assist with complex payroll calculations
• Onboard new clients
• Support in producing Management Reporting
• Support senior colleagues with projects and business development activities where applicable
• Work closely with the payroll manager to ensure clients are serviced to the highest possible level
• Review multiple payrolls and feeding back to Administrators
• Ensure all deadlines for BACS and 3rd party report uploads/payments are met
• Prepare reports and financial statements where applicable
• Step up in the Managers Absence
  
  
  

What are we looking for?

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of payroll legislation, processing, and auto enrolment regulations
• Experience using STAR and working in a Bureau experience would be highly desirable
• Management experience of managing a payroll team and client portfolios, conducting appraisals and training
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must have the ability to manually calculate a payroll 
• End to end Payroll experience
• Ideally with a CIPP Foundation degree qualification
• Mentorship and coaching experience to support the team
  
  
  

What's in it for you?


Our benefits include hybrid & flexible working, birthday leave, professional subscription and much more. You can find out more about how we reward our colleagues - Careers | Rewards And Benefits | Azets UK

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