This will act as a guide and you may have specific requirements that relate to your business and sector.

Below is a list of key duties we’d expect to see when putting together a job description for a Payroll Team Leader:

Key Duties:

  • Strategically supervise, motivate and a lead payroll team of X (number of staff).
  • Maintaining your own payroll deadlines.
  • Review the workloads of other members of the Payroll team before sign off.
  • Sound working knowledge of managing a high-volume payroll. 
  • Act as the point of contact for any escalated payroll queries.
  • Review, monitor and implement new processes to better the department.
  • Ensuring service levels are met whilst maintaining strong relationships and an accurate payroll function.
  • Ensuring Payroll Compliance. 
  • Balancing the payroll accounts by resolving payroll discrepancies.
  • Proactive, organised and sound analytical/problem-solving skills.
  • Specialist knowledge and experience running all aspects of a payroll function.
  • CIPP preferred but by no means essential. 

Below is a list of key qualifications we’d expect to see when putting together a job description for a Payroll Team Leader:

Qualifications:

  • Experience working as an efficient and comprehensive Payroll Team Leader.
  • A proven ability to mentor and motivate a Payroll team.
  • Ability to liaise with stakeholders and manage expectations.
  • Able to articulate complicated information to non-Payroll experts.

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