Senior Payroll Manager

About Your New Employer

Senior Payroll Manager role with a well known business based in Kilkenny city. (Initial 12 month FTC)

About Your New Job

As Senior Payroll Manager, you will lead the delivery of outsourced payroll services to a diverse client portfolio, ensuring accuracy, compliance and consistently high service standards.

You will manage two Payroll Managers and a team of Payroll Specialists, acting as a senior point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders. This is a highly influential role requiring strong leadership, commercial awareness and the ability to drive operational excellence.

• Lead, inspire and develop two Payroll Managers and a team of Payroll Specialists.
• Foster a collaborative, client-focused and supportive team culture.
• Drive performance management, succession planning, employee engagement and professional development.
• Promote knowledge sharing and best practice across the payroll function.
• Oversee the accurate and timely delivery of multiple client payrolls in line with service-level agreements and compliance obligations.
• Ensure all payroll activities adhere to statutory requirements and current legislation.
• Manage payroll reporting and act as the escalation point for complex payroll matters.
• Maintain responsibility for your own portfolio of clients.
• Build strong, trusted relationships with external clients, acting as a senior advisor and key point of contact.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across local offices, HR, IT and senior management.
• Proactively address client and stakeholder needs to ensure seamless service delivery and high satisfaction levels.
• Contribute to the strategic development and growth of the payroll service offering.
• Champion automation, technology adoption and process improvements that enhance efficiency and quality.
• Lead and participate in cross-functional projects, including payroll system implementations and compliance initiatives.
• Monitor and report on operational KPIs, driving continuous improvement across the service.

What Skills You Need

• Eight to ten years’ payroll experience, including at least three to five years in a senior management position.
• Proven experience managing outsourced payroll services for multiple clients.
• IPASS qualification is essential.
• A third-level qualification in Payroll, HR, Finance or a related discipline.
• Expert knowledge of payroll legislation, compliance and best practice.
• Demonstrated experience managing managers and large teams.
• A proven track record of delivering complex projects, including payroll system implementations or process transformations
• Stamp 4 or EU Passport required.

What’s on Offer

• €70,000 - €75,000 plus benefits.
• Hybrid working.

What next

• Apply now by clicking the “Apply Now" button or get in touch with me, Ben Ryan at [email protected] for more details.
• Or if the job isn’t quite right but you are looking for something similar, please get in touch.

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