Experience

Impact Food Group

• United Kingdom
• Food & Beverages
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Payroll Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  Wyevale Garden Centres was one of the UK’s largest garden centre groups with 147 centres and approx. 6500 employees. I stepped up into the role of Interim Payroll Manager at a time of great change. The company was being disbanded with its garden centres sold off (individually and in small groups) to new buyers. All head office employees (including myself) will have been made redundant by the end of 2019. I had overall responsibility with the help of a small team for ensuring smooth payroll transitions to the new owners. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝: • Supporting large scale redundancy and TUPE programme • Producing Employment Liability spreadsheets for all new buyers • Working closely with key stakeholders , including Wyevale’s HR Director, HR, Finance Director and IT • Processed retention bonuses and redundancy packages, along with all TUPE data • Tracked closing dates of centres, ensuring all employees had been paid to date and processed 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: • Ensuring we have a happy team, with up-to-date PDRs (personal development records)! • Overseeing the team and ensuring smooth processes for 2 monthly pay runs from start to finish • Processed company and auto enrolment pensions • Generated reports for various departments, using V-Lookups, Excel and PAYE reconcilliations • Timesheet, transfer, sick and company sick uploads from intranet • Processing Maternity pay, Company sick pay, SSP, AOE , DEA and CSAs, Childcare Vouchers • Working closely with the HR team • Sending and authorising of all BACS & CHAPS payments via Barclays.net Show less



Accountancy Management Services Limited

• United Kingdom
• Accounting

• Payroll Manager

  • May 2016 - Jun 2017

  Sole payroll role in a busy, mid-sized family-run accountancy practice. I provided a full payroll service for 50 local businesses. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝: • Monthly, weekly and bi-weekly payrolls • CIS Returns & Sufferance, verifying contractors • Pay runs from start to finish & EOY • Procedure manual writing • Auto Enrolment Pensions with NEST • PAYE scheme set ups Sole payroll role in a busy, mid-sized family-run accountancy practice. I provided a full payroll service for 50 local businesses. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝: • Monthly, weekly and bi-weekly payrolls • CIS Returns & Sufferance, verifying contractors • Pay runs from start to finish & EOY • Procedure manual writing • Auto Enrolment Pensions with NEST • PAYE scheme set ups



Safe Outsourcing

• Senior Payroll

  • Nov 2003 - Dec 2015

  Safe Outsourcing Ltd provided payroll solutions (as part of a wider outsourcing offering) to other businesses. Operated as part of a payroll team of 3, with 8 weekly payrolls spanning over 4,000 temps a week. I also had sole responsibility for 7 monthly clients (with approx. 300 salaried workers between them). I used Safe Tempest, Sti8 portal and Topaz EMS systems whilst working within tight deadlines. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 : • Supported systems change to shorten processing payroll input time from 4 to 3 days. • Coached numerous new recruits in company processes and system training. • Supported new clients in building their payrolls and figures from initial take on into current systems. • Knowledge of PAYE and LTD payrolls and currency based payrolls. • Trained new team members on the payroll system and processes • Payroll runs from start to finish • Main calculation runs and sending of each client BACS via BACS IP • Holiday entry & accrual queries • Weekly and monthly reporting along with Invoice generation. • General client, temp and salary queries • RTI Knowledge and Sending of EPS and FPS to HMRC • Calculations on salaried and temp workers • EOY • Timesheet entry as well as importing flexible timesheet import files for workers, clients and timesheets • Liasing with other team members, clients, branches, management & HMRC • CSA, DEA & AOE deductions • Pension auto enrolment, accruals and liasing with providers • Use of Excel and Word Show less