Managing Director

• Apr 2021 - Present

Virtual Accounts & Taxes Ltd (VA&T) are based in Worsley, Manchester. We are an accounting practice offering a fully comprehensive bookkeeping and accountancy service to Individuals, the Self-Employed, Partnerships and small Limited Companies. We also offer a stand alone Payroll Bureau Service to larger businesses. Virtual Accounts & Taxes Ltd (VA&T) are based in Worsley, Manchester. We are an accounting practice offering a fully comprehensive bookkeeping and accountancy service to Individuals, the Self-Employed, Partnerships and small Limited Companies. We also offer a stand alone Payroll Bureau Service to larger businesses.

Payroll Manager

• Oct 2020 - Aug 2021

• Main duties (BAU): o Sole responsibility for end-to-end processing of 5 different payrolls using Sage 50 and Xero Payroll o Responsible for auto-enrolment processes and managing pension contribution uploads and payments to 2 different pension providers. o Supporting the HR Admin Assistant with information requests and payroll related queries from employees. • Main duties (BAU): o Sole responsibility for end-to-end processing of 5 different payrolls using Sage 50 and Xero Payroll o Responsible for auto-enrolment processes and managing pension contribution uploads and payments to 2 different pension providers. o Supporting the HR Admin Assistant with information requests and payroll related queries from employees.

Payroll Manager

• Apr 2010 - Sep 2020

• Main duties (BAU) included: o Managing the monthly payroll using Oracle HRMS in a HR Shared Service environment including year-end activities with a team of three employees. o Checking all payroll data is entered accurately by the HR Admin Team in Mumbai, undertaking manual calculations and authorising/submitting BACs remittances to employees and third parties. o Producing and checking payroll journals, finance reports, multiple pensions' schedules, multiple schedules for other third party benefit providers and dealing with any queries or issues generated by them. • Project activity includes: o Payroll Project Lead on the Orion Project, which relocated the HR Shared Service Centre to Mumbai, bringing payroll processing in-house and re-implementing Oracle HRMS system. Scoped out payroll elements for the technical build, undertook SAT, UAT and data cleansing, organised and checked parallel pay runs and implemented a successful payroll in April 2012. o Managed the Real Time Information (RTI) Project through to implementation in June 2013 by scoping out the project plan with the team, overseeing UAT and resolving outstanding issues. o Undertook the payroll UAT on the Auto Enrolment Project, assisted with data cleansing and oversaw the implementation into the payroll in July 2013. o Payroll knowledge lead for various TUPEs in and out and acquisitions. Producing data templates to ensure accuracy of data transfer, attending different sites/organisations to capture sufficient knowledge transfer and implemented successful payrolls following the transfers. o Managed Payroll aspects on Annual Compensation Review Projects and processing through payroll ensuring all data was accurate. o Oversaw payroll aspects of internal and external audits o Ongoing system testing and reviews. Show less

Payroll Team Leader

• May 2008 - Apr 2010

Payroll Team Leader

• Dec 2003 - May 2008

Payroll Officer

• Jun 1995 - Jan 2001

Admin Officer, Property Management

• Sep 1992 - Jun 1995

Administration support to Building Surveyors and Engineers in all property repair matters

Customer Service Officer

• Aug 1989 - Sep 1992