’PAYROLL OPERATIONS MANAGER

Date: 28 May 2025
Job Location:Gloucester

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: ‘Payroll Operations Manager
• Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 3, 4th Floor
• Salary: £46,731 - £49,764 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 22/06/2025
• Job Requisition Number: 4855
• This post is open to job share

ABOUT US

For all your hard work, you will receive the following;

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• Plus, an option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network. Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C’s apply)

ABOUT THE ROLE

• The post holder will be the payroll process owner having an oversight of payroll practices, procedures and systems within the BSC and to ensure that payroll services are accurate, effective, and efficient and are maintained to current legislative and operational requirements.
• To support and deputise for the Payroll and Pensions Service Manager in order to ensure that operational SLA’s are met.
• To provide advice and support to the Systems Team in order to develop and maintain the payroll system and to give specialist payroll technical advice and support. The post holder will also work with colleagues within GCC (including finance and HR), clients (including schools and police) and external bodies (including HMRC and pension scheme administrators) in order to meet their payroll needs.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL NEED:

• Thorough knowledge of payroll legislation and practices, covering up to gross and gross to net procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of HMRC and pensions payroll requirements
• Knowledge of how payroll procedures link in with the financial and HR processes and procedures of the County Council
• To have a good understanding of the payroll needs of BSC clients in order to ensure that their requirements are fully met
• Excellent IT skills including an in depth knowledge of SAP payroll and related operation.