Human Resources Shared Services Manager

Key Responsibilities

The position provides high-profile exposure, with opportunities to present directly to the executive team and the potential to lead on projects such as payroll automation for casual workers, HRIS system implementation and also influence key business processes like total reward strategy and pay review

You will play a key role in driving meaningful improvements within a small, dynamic team, helping to streamline and enhance payroll systems.

This hands-on role requires expertise in payroll management, systems improvement, and reward strategy, while also leading a small team to deliver efficient HR services.

Qualification & Requirements

Skills & Experience:

Essential

Extensive Payroll Management Expertise

• Proven hands-on, operational experience managing in-house complex payroll systems for permanent, casual, full-time, and fixed-term employees, across multi-jurisdictional environments (UK and Ireland).

Leadership & Team Management

• Proven ability to lead and develop a small payroll team, ensuring efficient operations and fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Strong communicator, with the ability to influence and engage effectively with senior leadership and C-Suite teams, coming with confidence to present strategic people decisions reflecting HR Shared Services i.e., payroll, benefits and HRIS in a clear, solution-focused manner.

Data management and insights

• Strong data manipulation skills are crucial, with the ability to navigate complex payroll challenges and potentially lead system implementation or improvement initiatives Excel, manual processes, multiple diff payroll and HRIS’s
• Using data and insights for informed decision making, reporting, and influencing

Problem-Solving & Process Improvement

• Highly skilled in maintaining strong attention to detail, with a proven ability to identify inefficiencies in payroll and HR processes, and drive improvements, especially through automation and enhancing operational efficiency.

Systems Management & Optimisation

• Strong expertise in evaluating, implementing, and optimizing HRIS and payroll systems, with hands-on experience leading system renewals or improvements.

Desirable

Knowledge and experience of Irish Payroll

• Familiarity with Irish payroll processes, tax regulations, and employment laws is a plus

Reward Strategy Development

• Experience in either developing and implementing or involvement in total reward strategies, linking compensation and benefits to talent acquisition and employer branding initiatives.

Benefits

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