Abellio SSC Payroll Team are responsible for processing Payrolls for Greater Anglia, Scotrail, East Midlands Railway and Abellio Transport Holdings.  

Our Shared Services Centre (SSC) is expanding, and and we are currently looking for a Payroll Operations Manager to join our Payroll Team. This could be a great opportunity for someone who is looking to take the next step in their career (e.g. a Payroll Team Leader working within a larger organisation, or a Payroll Manager working within a smaller organisation).

The Role

• Provide support and assistance to Payroll Team Leaders to ensure all our Operating Company’s Payrolls are delivered on time and accurately
• Provide support and training to all payroll staff on dealing with varying pay enquiries from Payroll staff and within all Op Co’s as part of the payroll service provision for the Shared Service Centre
• Dealing with escalated pension queries from Payroll Team Leaders
• Answer or advising on escalated pay queries from both Payroll Team Leaders, employees and 3rd parties by telephone and in writing
• Performing routine control checks on payroll output
• Processing End to End Payroll for Operating Company’s when Payroll Team Leaders are absent or business needs require
• Ensuring all Third party, advance payments are checked, approved and paid on time
• Ensuring all Payroll Manuals/ Workflows are kept up to date
• Attend and provide action plan from relevant meetings with key departments
• Hold and document One to One's including setting objectives with relevant Payroll Team Leaders
• Provide support and training for Payroll Team Leaders on staff development, training, performance reviews and any other Payroll Team Leader responsibilities
• Train Payroll Administrators or Payroll Team Leader when required and ensuring proper training plan set.

The Candidate

• Payroll implementation knowledge
• Working knowledge of Midlands iTrent, Oracle, KRONOS desirable.
• Be adaptable to working with various requirement management tools and methodologies
• Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders/customers.
• Previous experience of managing and developing a team 

If the role sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, we'd love to receive your application.

Please note: Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, our recruitment process may not progress to interview stage until deemed safe to do so. Alternatively we may look to hold our interview process online via Microsoft Teams. Thank you for your patience and understanting.