Payroll Team Leader

Portfolio Payroll Wakefield £30,000 - £36,000
Posted 25 Aug 2026(11 days ago)

<p>Portfolio Payroll is working with a well-established and respected organisation in the education sector to recruit a Payroll Team Leader. Our client operates a growing payroll bureau that supports multiple schools with a reliable, accurate and compliant payroll service. </p> <p><br /></p> <p>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.</p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>What will you do day to day?</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage a portfolio of customers, accurately processing end to end payroll, including the preparation of payroll reports/journals;</li><li>Manage high payslip volumes, competing demands, whilst maintaining service standards/KPIs</li><li>Process third party returns (Inc. pension returns);</li><li>Update payroll systems with current rates, Including payscales, allowance values, pension deduction rates, NI rates and tax thresholds (employer and employee);</li><li>Calculating pay adjustments where required, Including the calculation of outstanding holiday pay due or to be collected for leavers;</li><li>Deal with complex payroll queries</li></ul> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Team Leader responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Support your team members to carry out their roles effectively, auditing the teams skills and abilities, Identifying training programmes where necessary;</li><li>Apply company policies as and when required with regards to staffing queries and Issues that arise at a supervisory level;</li><li>Support the work of others through training sessions/Induction/supported work plans</li><li>Act as a coach/mentor when required for members of your team;</li><li>Conduct regular one to ones with your team, monitoring performance and development</li><li>Weekly team leader progress meetings with payroll leaders</li></ul> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Required skills and knowledge for the role:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Proven payroll experience in a fast-paced environment</li><li>Excellent time management skills and the ability to priories your own workload and the workload of others within your team effectively</li><li>An understanding of HR policies and procedures and when to refer concerns to the senior team</li><li>Has a commercial outlook as part of a traded service</li><li>A strong understanding of local government pay and conditions</li><li>Strong attention to detail</li><li>Demonstrable customer service skills, including resilience when supporting customers with challenging payroll situations</li><li>Able to operate with independent professional discretion and demonstrate a strong degree of judgement</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong interpersonal and presentation skills.</li></ul> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p>If this sounds like your next best opportunity, apply directly or call on and ask for Lidya to discuss the role further.</p> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong><em>51886LAR3</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>INDPAYN</em></strong></p> <p><em>The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.</em></p>

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