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Payroll Manager

Role overview

The Payroll Administrator, as the name suggests, is responsible for payroll processing within companies. His or her role is to issue a perfectly fair payslip to other employees. To do this, they gather, study and process all the information concerning the company's employees, such as: seniority, promotion, position held, increments, number of days worked, leave, absences, etc.

The job has a major technical dimension, involving payroll, but also labour law, human resources, social management and accounting. Payroll Administrators are also responsible for the administrative and technical formalities involved in personnel management and recruitment.

This position reports to the Human Resources Director and works in collaboration with employees, HR managers, social and tax bodies, etc. The Payroll Manager assists the Payroll Manager/Director or the HR Manager in a company.

This profession can be practised in chartered accountancy firms, businesses (SMEs, various companies), management centres and the civil service.

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Alternative Job Titles

  • HR Assistant
  • Accountant
  • HR Manager
  • Management Controller
  • Payroll Manager
  • Head of Personnel Administration

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Main Responsibilities

The Payroll Manager collects, analyses and processes information relating to all the company's employees (leave, absences, working hours, overtime, etc.) to calculate gross pay, social security and tax deductions, social security contributions, allowances, bonuses, benefits in kind, etc. The Payroll Manager is also responsible for drawing up all tax and social security returns (employee and employer contributions, URSSAF, pension funds, health insurance, etc.).

Using payroll software, the Payroll Manager draws up pay slips in compliance with labour regulations, legislation and the company's HR policy.

Another mission of this profession is to ensure the administrative management of personnel. The Payroll Manager takes care of the administrative details when employees are recruited and leave the company, such as drawing up job descriptions, drafting and terminating employment contracts, calculating allowances and final accounts.

In this job, the Payroll Manager is involved in human resources tasks. To this end, he/she prepares summary documents such as management charts, wage bill, entries and exits.

Competencies & Skills

 

  • Use of software: in this profession, you need to be able to master specific payroll software such as Sage, Cegid, ADP, Ciel, Meta4 and even human resources software.
  • Tools: the Payroll Manager will be required to use statistical tools such as tables, data extractions, etc., as well as the Microsoft Office suite, in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Fluency in English: when working with international companies, the Manager must have a good command of English and Anglo-Saxon accounting.
  • Regulatory watch: a Payroll Manager needs to be constantly up to date on changes in the various pieces of legislation relating to employment law in order to carry out his or her duties successfully.
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Education & Training

  • Higher National Diploma (HND) /Associate Degree in Accounting and Finance, administration, Business Management,HR
  • Associate Degree in Business Administration / Higher National Diploma (HND) in Business Management
  • AAssociate Degree in Business and Organizational Management / Higher National Diploma in Business Operations and Administration
  • Professional degree in accounting, management and HR
  • Master in HR

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