Payroll Manager

Payroll Manager

The Shared Learning Trust is a successful multi-academy trust in Luton and Central Bedfordshire.  We currently comprise five academies and have plans to grow and add further academies to our educational family.

Are you a Payroll expert interested in an in-house role?

Would you enjoy running a payroll team for a successful Multi-Academy Trust?

Would you like to have trust and autonomy to carry out all aspect of payroll?

If you have answered yes to these questions, The Shared Learning Trust would love to hear from you!

The Shared Learning Trust are seeking to appoint a Payroll Manager to join our strong and welcoming finance team!  We are looking to recruit a dependable and organised individual to support our trust and academies in all aspects of Payroll.  You will have the chance to continue to grow and gain experience within a highly successful trust and dedicated team. 

The Shared Learning Trust is looking for a Payroll Manager to manage payroll operations to ensure that each stage of the payroll process complies with due processes and procedures, all staff are paid correctly, correct payments are made and appropriate information provided to our pension schemes, HMRC and other statutory bodies.

A fundamental part of this role will be the ongoing development and enhancement of our trust integrated HR/payroll system to maximize the value of our investment in the system by automating processes wherever possible, extending its functionality to support reporting requirements and external returns, both current and future.

You will be someone who can work with key stakeholders, including Human Resources and the Executive Office.

The Successful candidate will:

·       Experience of payroll

·       Experience with Edupay or another payroll software

·       Good attention to detail

·       Microsoft Excel and Word

Job Specifics

Start date: As soon as possible

Contract: Full time, permanent, 52 weeks, 37 hours per week.

Salary: NJC M2 £38,296 - £41,496 FTE

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.  Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer. The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.