Payroll Controller
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Reporting directly to the FD I am responsible for the accurate processing of weekly, 4 weekly and monthly payrolls. Pension submission/reconciliation. PAYE submission following FPS and RTI reporting. Holiday pay calculations. MAT/PAT/SSP recording and payments. Gender pay gap reporting. P11D controls and submission.
Directors emoluments and SIPP calculations. PAYE settlement agreement reconciliation and submission.
Headcount 650.
Payroll Controller - West Fraser Ltd
(2025-05 - 2026-05)
Reporting directly to the FD I am responsible for the accurate processing of weekly, 4 weekly and monthly payrolls. Pension submission/reconciliation. PAYE submission following FPS and RTI reporting. Holiday pay calculations. MAT/PAT/SSP recording and payments. Gender pay gap reporting. P11D controls and submission. Produce Directors emoluments and SIPP calculations. PAYE settlement agreement reconciliation and submission. Employee Headcount 650. Systems: Resource Link/UKG/WFM/AX
Payroll Supervisor - John G Russell
(2024-11 - 2025-05)
Responsible for overseeing the Payroll Specialists accurate and timely processing of 3 weekly Payrolls and the completion of 3 monthly payrolls. Full end to end processing including the submission of weekly and monthly pension contributions. Control account reconciliation including PAYE, apprenticeship levy, staff loans, advances and deductions. Data cleansing ahead of new payroll system implementation. Employee Headcount 850. Systems: Iris Earnie/Microsoft Dynamics/PT-X
Payroll Manager - Scotbeef Ltd
(2022-09 - 2024-11)
Responsible for the weekly and monthly payrolls across several sites for approximately 450 employees. The position is full end to end payroll including submission of the weekly and monthly payroll to the bank by BACS, pension contribution uploads, payment of all arrestment's and union deductions. Pay award analysis and all payroll related reporting. Employee Count at its peak 1000. Systems: Sage Payroll/Biostar/HR Toolkit/Business Central/BACSCOM
Payroll/HR Advisor - Magna Liverpool
(2022-01 - 2022-09)
Day to day tasks are very similar to previous role with more emphasis on redundancy and restructure. Sole responsibility for end to end payroll tasks for over 350 employees. Heavily involved in designing and implementing a new T&A System provided by Crown and also a new payroll system designed by Intelligo. Resigned to relocate to Scotland. Systems: Moorepay/Crown/Megapay/Workday
Snr HR and Payroll Officer - TI Automotive Ltd
(2021-05 - 2021-12)
Solely responsible for processing end to end payroll including furlough adjustments and claims, DOE, child maintenance and all other amendments. Day to day absence management including overhaul of company absence policy and procedure reducing absence from 5% to 2%. Organise and chair disciplinary and capability hearings. Compile training plans against training budget. Internal and external recruitment including advertising, writing job descriptions an interviewing and shortlisting. Due to the exceptional circumstances of Covid 19 heavily involved in redeployment and redundancy. Collaborating with Unite Union, MAKE UK, ACAS and charity organisations. Organising alcohol and drug tests.
Count at its peak circa 500.
Systems: ADP/Sage. Resigned to gain more skills with implementation.
Accounts and Payroll Manager - City Furniture Hire
(2017-07 - 2018-05)
Responsible for the payroll and accounts team. Prepare accounts to trial balance stage. Assist with Month End Management Account Packs. Process weekly and monthly payroll for a total of 80 employees. Daily queries and issues. Support the accounts team (4 members). Develop training plans for the team, conduct appraisals, holiday management and bonus contribution data. Employee Count 80. Systems: Sage Payroll and Sage Accounts. Resigned to further HR and Payroll career.
Payroll Administrator - D & L O'Neill Accountants
(2016-11 - 2017-07)
Main duties include running weekly, fortnightly, four weekly and monthly payrolls. Monthly and quarterly PAYE. Auto enrolment into pensions. Making sure all RTI's are submitted before the deadlines. Deal with queries from clients over the telephone, by mail and email or in person. Make sure all payroll figures match what is submitted to client. Clients registered circa 110 – Numbers of employee's on each payroll between 2-1000.
Systems: Bright Pay/HR Tools. Resigned after position became part-time.
Accounts Assistant - The Grosvenor Pulford Hotel and Spa - Ellesmere Port
(2016-04 - 2016-11)
After relocating to Ellesmere Port secured this position within Nelson Hotels mainly looking after the purchase ledger and daily banking system for all 4 properties. Dealing with month end procedures including journal posting, prepayments and accruals. Account reconciliation and assisting with the monthly stock takes. Accuracy and attention to detail are key in this role.
Accounts Assistant - Marshalls Aberdeen Ltd
(2015-06 - 2016-04)
Look after the sales ledger and purchase ledger for all 5 of the Marshall Companies. Daily processing of supplier invoices, raising sales invoices and reconciliation of supplier and customer accounts. Allocating payments to the correct accounts under the correct company (5 different systems).
Attention to detail, methodical and great organisational skills are key in this role. Month end journals, fortnightly payroll including payment of expenses and petty cash reconciliation are also part of role. Throughout the quieter spells gained knowledge and understanding of others employees roles which has made a valuable member of staff now being able to cover the rest of the office staff when absent.
Registered with AAT and working towards a formal qualification.
Bookkeeper/Office Manager - Trinity Groundcare - Aberdeenshire
(2013-08 - 2015-06)
After relocating Aberdeenshire, secured this permanent role within a family run grounds maintenance company. Responsible for 3 Admin Staff and 5 Grounds men, ensuring absence and holiday leave were always covered. Manage all office duties including PAYE, RTI submission and timesheet authorisation, daily banking reconciliation, VAT returns and all other administrative tasks. From August 2014 assumed the role of Bookkeeper for the company in addition to responsibilities detailed above.
Office Administrator - HC One Ltd.
(2013-01 - 2013-04)
Solely responsible for the day to day running of the care home. Duties included staff time sheets/payments, management of resident personal fiscal accounts and medical histories, weekly banking runs, petty cash, staff expenses and day to day administrative duties associated with the care home. This was a permanent position cut short due to a relocation opportunity in June 2013.
Accounts Assistant - GAC Shipping Ltd.
(2013-10 - 2013-12)
Temporary position within a logistics department. Running on three different systems, a daily pull through of all three accounts to monitor matching running totals, invoice processing, daily bank transfers, weekly BACS runs – UK and Foreign supplier account reconciliation.
Purchase Ledger Clerk - Applus RTD
(2011-05 - 2012-08)
Solely responsible for the day to day running of the purchase ledger department. This is a high volume role with multiple sites throughout the company dealing with daily invoices, account reconciliation, payment requests/BACS runs and the weekly company expenses. Helping resolve queries both on the ledger and with the suppliers either through email, telephone or face to face.
This role also carried the responsibility for all subcontractor time sheet authorisation, payments and clearing up any discrepancies. Helped to clear up the backlog of invoices, payments and also implemented a process which allowed all supplier accounts to be reconciled every month. Worked closely with the Finance Manager to introduce a series of new processes which has enabled to schedule the daily workload efficiently to allow to meet strict month end deadlines.
Level 5 Diploma - CIPD – Human Resource Management - Coleg Cambria (2019 - 2021)
Level 3 - CIPD – Human Resource Management - Coleg Cambria (2019 - 2021)
