Payroll Team Leader

Do you want to be a part of a growing, successful Ed-Tech business where the days are varied, the work is fast-paced and job satisfaction is high?

Then this is us! Welcome to SamPeople!

Who are SAMPeople? What do we do?

We are Education people specialists; we have a team of leaders who have all worked in education for many years and understand the business challenges that schools and MATs have to deal with day in and day out. We have developed cloud-based software for schools to give them a one-stop shop for their people management.

Our Payroll & Pension Bureau removes the admin burden for schools, allowing us to provide a flexible and reliable payroll solution tailored to accommodate their needs, ensuring peace of mind that their staff will be paid accurately and on time, every time.

Due to the growth of the payroll service and the payroll team, we are delighted to announce that we have vacancies in the payroll team for Payroll Team Leaders to start Summer 2025.

We're looking for someone who has a breadth of payroll and pension management experience, will have had experience with holding one or more key customer accounts, and be fluent at providing confidence and reassurance to our customers. 

Applicants must have experience of, or be ready for the next step to supervise a team of payroll officers/payroll administrators’ day to day. 

The role will also involve supporting the payroll leadership team to drive improvements, the development and review of processes, systems, training, and induction support for new starters.

Salary & Benefits

·       Salary starting at £34,000, with incremental progression annually up to £38,000 per annum

·       25 days annual leave (plus 8 days Bank Hols)

·       Your birthday off

·       BUPA Healthcare Cashback plan – following successful completion of probation

·       Pension Scheme

·       Ongoing professional development opportunities – we can offer supported study and potential funding for external qualifications

·       A cracking team to work with!

This role can be worked remotely, but you can also pop into our fab offices whenever you like!

Some of the key responsibilities are:

·      Manage a portfolio of customers, accurately processing end to end payroll, including the preparation of payroll reports/journals;

·      Manage high payslip volumes, competing demands, whilst maintaining service standards/KPIs

·      Process third party returns (Inc. pension returns);

·      Update payroll systems with current rates, Including payscales, allowance values, pension deduction rates, NI rates and tax thresholds (employer and employee);

·      Calculating pay adjustments where required, Including the calculation of outstanding holiday pay due or to be collected for leavers;

·      Deal with complex payroll queries 

Team Leader responsibilities:

·      Support your team members to carry out their roles effectively, auditing the teams skills and abilities, Identifying training programmes where necessary;

·      Apply company policies as and when required with regards to staffing queries and Issues that arise at a supervisory level;

·      Support the work of others through training sessions/Induction/supported work plans

·      Act as a coach/mentor when required for members of your team;

·      Conduct regular one to ones with your team, monitoring performance and development

·      Weekly team leader progress meetings with payroll leaders

If this sounds like the next role for you, then we can't wait to hear from you!