Payroll Team Leader

Are you ready to elevate your payroll career and lead a dynamic team? Join us as an NHS Payroll Team Leader and become an integral part of our vibrant organisation, where your expertise will be celebrated, and your contributions will make a significant impact.
In this role, you'll oversee and manage various types of leave, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation. Your keen eye for detail will be essential in identifying and correcting salary overpayments and underpayments promptly. You'll also manage the rebanking process of salaries, ensuring smooth financial operations on a weekly and monthly basis., You will produce essential payroll reports and ensure the accurate upload of electronic HMRC records. On a rotational basis, you'll take charge of producing the weekly/monthly payroll and sending BACS payments, ensuring all staff are paid seamlessly.
Your organisational skills will shine as you assist auditors, support other Team Leaders, and manage electronic systems for expenses and overtime. You'll develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and create and deliver training programs, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, whilst overseeing workloads, both regular and sporadic, for all team members.
Join us and be part of a team that values your NHS / Electronic Staff Record (ESR) expertise, where your contributions directly impact the smooth operation of payroll services. If you're organised, proactive, and ready to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Apply now and take the next step in your career with us!, The post holder works independently to operationally manage the payroll processing service for the Trust through;
+ Responsible for providing a responsive and customer focussed service to staff and managers.
+ Provide expert advice and leadership to payroll team in relation to NHS terms and conditions of service (Agenda for Change and Medical & Dental) and National and Statutory rules and regulations e.g. HMRC, Maternity leave/payments etc.
+ The line management of staff; including the planning, organisation and delegation of work allocations.
+ Responsible for undertaking staff appraisals, sickness reviews, performance management and disciplinary/conducts issues in line with Trust policies.
+ Plan, monitor and manage the resources within the team, to include the authorisation of leave in line with departmental and national weekly, monthly and annual work plans/deadlines e.g. HMRC/Pension Agency.
+ Ensuring the Payroll Section complete allocated weekly and monthly payrolls accurately, efficiently and in a timely manner meeting agreed internal/external deadlines.
+ Responsible for ensuring the Payroll Section undertakes all administration and maintenance work for allocated payrolls in an efficient and timely manner.
+ Lead in resolving highly complex queries and requests for information from staff, managers and external agencies including HMRC.
For further details please see the attached job description.
To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.
In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.
UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.
If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.
We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.
Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.
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University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence^® designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.