Payroll Supervisor
Healthy animals and happy owners – that’s the goal.
IVC Evidensia is proud to be one of the world’s leading veterinary care providers based in 20 different countries. IVC Evidensia has revenues of over £
3.4bn and network of more than 2,500 sites, including first opinion clinics, hospitals and out-of-hour centres and a number of pet crematoria and other ancillary businesses. IVC Evidensia operates a high growth model, typically looking to acquire around 300 sites a year across all countries.
As a Payroll Supervisor you will oversee day-to-day running of the payroll function, including responsibility for payroll-related month-end processes, ensuring controlled processing and payroll accuracy. You will also be responsible for ensuring compliance, adherence to company policy, best practice principles whilst line managing a team of Payroll Specialists.
Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities:
Ensuring daily/monthly tasks are completed in a timely manner Overseeing resource allocation across the teams ensuring effective delivery of payroll services Review and improve payroll policies and procedures Recommend & implement new processes & ways of working to improve efficiencies Develop, implement and maintain service standards for all aspects of payroll services Line management of the Payroll Specialists, including regular 1-2-1’s, appraisals, mentoring, coaching and development Supervise and co-ordinate activities of payroll staff managing payroll workload to meet operational requirements. Ensure compliance with statutory reporting and filing requirements For New Acquisitions, ensuring the team follow agreed project plan, ensuring all surgery Payroll contacts are trained and setup in time for their first payroll input Ensuring Practice Managers and Payroll Contacts are reminded of our payroll deadlines and outstanding submissions are chased down to deadline Monitoring surgery queries and ensuring any payroll process issues are picked up and resolved Work closely with the Managed Service team to ensure queries are resolved in a timely manner Being proactive in issue identification and resolution Point of escalation for payroll related issues Support all internal and external audits related to payroll Interpret & embed new legislation impacting payroll Responsible for the accuracy of all master payroll calendars & processing schedules Ensure all reporting to Pension provider is completed within deadline using the provider portal Any other tasks as directed
Experience/Qualifications:
Essential:
Strong experience of managing people, ideally a minimum of 3+ team members At least 5 years’ experience in payroll positions Able to work to a high degree of accuracy Confident of dealing with a high-volume workload Clear and confident communication skills Proven ability to meet deadlines Automation and Excel/reporting skills A questioning mind, constantly looking for where improvements can be made Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to assess payroll performance and ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met Flexible approach to work A strong team ethic A positive attitude with the ability to lead by example
Desirable:
Experience of Irish & IOM payrolls would be an advantage Finance knowledge including balance sheet reconciliations P11D & PSA knowledge CIPP Qualification or equivalent
Following receipt of your application, you will be contacted by one of our experienced hire recruitment team.
As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.
What We Offer:
At IVC Evidensia we recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from
Work-life balance
26 days annual leave
Cycle to Work scheme
Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
Pension
Discretionary Bonus
Discounted staff pet care
Dog Friendly office
Free Parking available at Head Office
At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.