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We provide an exciting environment where you can grow your skills while making an impact in a fast-growing organisation committed to helping great clients build profitable sustainable businesses.\nThe Role\nThe Payroll Manager will help to lead the delivery of outsourced payroll services to a diverse client base, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and service excellence. With responsibility for a team of Payroll Specialists, the role requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, and a collaborative approach.\nAbout Ifac\nFounded in 1975, Ifac is Ireland's specialist professional services firm for the farming, food, agri, and family business sectors. We are an award-winning employer and one of Ireland's Top Ten Accountancy firms. Ifac is also one of Ireland’s Top 200 Employers 2025 as listed by the Irish Independent in partnership with Statista, and a PrimeGlobal member firm. As Ireland's largest farming, food, and agribusiness professional services firm, ifac is proud to be certified as a B Corporation (B Corp).\nOur Purpose\nIfac's purpose is to help its clients to build profitable sustainable futures, so that people and communities across Ireland can thrive.\nOur Ambition\nWith a strong focus on global best practice, Ifac has set its ambition to be a global leader in agrifood advisory, while also driving growth and excellence in Ireland's dynamic SME sector.\nWhy Join Ifac?\nAt Ifac, we are more than just a workplace - we are a community of professionals committed to growth, innovation, and sector leadership. When you join our team, you’ll have the opportunity to:\nWork with industry-leading experts and clients in Ireland’s farming, food, agribusiness, and SME sectors.\nBe part of a values-driven culture emphasising collaboration, commitment, energy, respect, and foresight.\nBuild a great career, help us achieve our ambitions and help shape the future of Ireland’s business landscape.\nEnjoy a competitive compensation package, including performance-based bonuses and significant opportunities for professional growth.\nMaking an impact\nWe build strong client connections through great service, sectoral expertise, and deep engagement. Many of our clients have been with us for generations and we have helped those families build and retain wealth, transition assets, and optimize opportunities. Operating within a culture that is both collaborative and client focused, the Payroll Manager will help to foster partnership, innovation, and accountability to deliver operational excellence and strategic value.\nKey Responsibilities:\nLeadership & Team Management:\nLead, motivate, and develop a team of payroll professionals, fostering a high-performance and client-focused culture.\nManage team workload, resource allocation, and capacity planning to ensure effective service delivery and achievement of deadlines.\nPromote collaboration, engagement, and knowledge sharing across the payroll team and wider business.\nPayroll Operations & Compliance:\nOversee the end-to-end payroll function for a portfolio of clients, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and full compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements.\nMonitor compliance with Irish payroll legislation, Revenue requirements, employment law, and social insurance regulations, ensuring best practice is consistently applied.\nLead payroll quality assurance initiatives, ensuring appropriate review and control procedures are maintained across all client payrolls.\nDrive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance payroll efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.\nStakeholder & Relationship Management:\nDevelop and maintain strong, trusted relationships with clients, ensuring a high-quality service experience and long-term client retention. \nPartner with internal stakeholders, regional offices, and leadership teams to ensure consistent and efficient payroll service delivery. \nLead client meetings, service reviews, and payroll consultations, identifying opportunities to enhance value and support client requirements. \nOversee the onboarding of new payroll clients, ensuring smooth implementation, accurate setup, and successful transition into service.\nStrategy, Projects & Continuous Improvement:\nLead the evaluation, implementation, and optimisation of payroll systems, processes, and technologies. \nIdentify opportunities for automation, standardisation, and process improvement to enhance operational efficiency and client service. \nManage payroll-related projects and change initiatives, ensuring successful delivery within agreed timelines and budgets. \nMonitor and report on operational KPIs, driving continuous improvement in service delivery.\nYou will have:\n8+ years payroll experience, with at least 3 years in a management capacity.\nDemonstrated success in outsourced payroll services for multiple clients is desirable.\nThird-level qualification in Payroll, HR, Finance, or a related discipline is required.\nIPASS qualification is essential.\nExpert knowledge of payroll legislation, compliance, and best practice.\nProven leadership capability, with experience of managing a team.\nStrong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels internally and externally.\nExcellent communication and collaboration skills, fostering teamwork across functions and 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