Payroll & Benefits Manager

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Job Description

Would you like to redesign your career and work in a dynamic environment? Join a family-owned company operating throughout Europe, which offers you interesting tasks and challenges? Do you share our corporate values of respect, commitment and sustainability?

Payroll and Benefits Manager

Location: Bridgend, Bolton or Blackburn site with travel across all sites as required

As the Payroll and Benefits Manager, you will oversee payroll, benefits including pensions, expenses and employee tax compliance for our UK manufacturing sites in Bridgend and Blackburn, as well as our administration office in Bolton, supporting a total of 520 employees. Reporting directly to the Head of People and Culture UK, you will ensure payroll accuracy, maintain compliance with employment tax regulations, and enhance employee satisfaction with attractive benefits. You will also serve as the primary point of contact for all UK employment tax and pension matters.

Your Responsibilities:

Payroll Management

• Lead payroll processing and reporting for 520 employees across three locations.
• Ensure accuracy, compliance, and timely payroll delivery.
• Maintain payroll policies aligned with company standards and regulations.
• Manage relationships with third-party payroll providers.
• Act as the payroll lead in system improvements and enhancements.
• Review current payroll, time & attendance, and Oracle systems to propose a UK-wide system solution.

Benefits

• Oversee benefits programmes, including pensions, health benefits, and the employee assistance programme.
• Liaise between employees and benefit providers to resolve queries.
• Conduct National Minimum Wage compliance checks related to salary sacrifice arrangements.
• Evaluate the competitiveness of benefit offerings and recommend updates as needed.

Tax Compliance & Advice

• Ensure full compliance with HMRC regulations for income tax, National Insurance, and benefits-in-kind.
• Prepare and submit statutory returns, including P11Ds, PAYE, and year-end filings.
• Provide expert advice on the tax implications of employee benefits, bonuses, and compensation structures.
• Collaborate with Finance on VAT, corporate tax, and tax audits, acting as the liaison with HMRC when required.
• Conduct internal tax audits to verify compliance and accuracy.
• Lead training and refresher sessions for staff involved in payroll-related taxes, ensuring awareness of current regulations.
• Manage payroll tax implications and maintain records for non UK internal secondments, short-term visitors, non-UK directors, and international employment arrangements.
• Act as the main point of contact for UK payroll staff managing employees with economic employment in foreign countries (100% recharged employees).
• Provide expertise and guidance on international employment tax implications, ensuring all cross-border arrangements comply with relevant laws.

Pensions

• Manage the company's pension scheme, ensuring compliance with UK pension legislation and best practices.
• Provide regular pension updates to employees
• Work with external pension providers to ensure the schemes remain competitive and effective.
• Review and update the pension offerings in line with legislative changes and employee needs.

Expenses

• Oversee the process and ensure compliance with company policies and tax legislation

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop two Payroll Officers who are based at Bridgend and Blackburn site, providing coaching, training, guidance, and performance management with care .
• Review the organisational structure of UK payroll operations to ensure efficiency.

Your Profile:

Personality

• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and proactive.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative team player.

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in payroll and benefits management, Pension legislation and Employee tax compliance ideally within the manufacturing sector.
• Proven track record managing multi-site payroll, benefits, pension and employee tax compliance.

Qualifications

• CIPP qualification is highly desirable.

Skills

• Proficient in payroll systems, UK tax laws, and HR software.
• Strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills.

What We Offer You:

Attractive Remuneration - We offer a competitive salary, Bonus, and private healthcare.

Pension Scheme and Life Assurance - Plan for the future with our company contributions to your pension and life assurance.

Company Sick Pay - Your health matters, and we offer Company sick pay after a qualifying period for added security.

Free Employee Parking - Convenient free parking for those commuting by car.

Discounted Staff Sales - Access discounted hygiene paper products as part of your employee perks.

Workplace Health Promotions - We support your wellbeing with Occupational Health services, an Employee Assistance Programme, physiotherapy, and dedicated health awareness weeks.

Holidays & Hybrid Working - Enjoy 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, hybrid working arrangements, and the ability to purchase up to five additional days of holiday per year

About Us

The WEPA Group is a future-oriented European family business specialising in the production and distribution of sustainable hygiene paper. WEPA offers sustainable and innovative hygiene solutions that provide a safe feeling of hygiene and contribute daily to the well-being of millions of people. With 4,000 employees, the WEPA Group manufactures hygiene products such as toilet paper, paper towels, tissues and napkins at 14 European sites.

A sustainable personnel policy has played a central role in this for more than 75 years. We consistently invest in the qualification of our employees, point out individual career and development opportunities and promote them. We are convinced of one thing:

our employees are and will remain our most important success factor.