Payroll Compliance Lead

Responsibilities

• Identify payroll and RTI compliance risks across the LB population, using a range of data sources, and determine the most appropriate compliance interventions.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to LB Employment Duties compliance colleagues.
• Act as a key point of contact for Payroll/RTI matters, representing LB’s position across HMRC’s Customer Compliance Group (CCG).
• Build and advance the LB strategy for managing Payroll/RTI risks.
• Use payroll expertise to strengthen the capability of tax specialists and support customer understanding.
• Collaborate with internal teams (including Policy, Technical, Communications and Digital) and external stakeholders to support compliance delivery and contribute to legislative improvements.
• Identify and consider the impact of Legal Interpretation behaviour, working with stakeholders to promote compliance and implement appropriate responses.
• Develop capability across LB teams, champion continuous improvement, and support others to deliver high quality work.
• The role may require some travel within the UK and occasional overnight stays. The successful applicant will be expected to be flexible regarding this.

• Excellent leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and provide expert guidance on complex Payroll/RTI matters in a large business environment.
• Proven experience delivering complex Payroll and Real Time Information (RTI) reporting for large organisations (1,000+ employees), ensuring accurate real time submission of pay, tax and NI data.
• Demonstrable in depth understanding of major payroll systems to manage high volume, technically complex payrolls.
• Experience handling or advising on advanced payroll scenarios. For example benefits processed through payroll, termination payments, TUPE transfers, IR35, and share based remuneration.
• Demonstrable experience considering tax implications in relation to payroll, identifying tax risks within payroll processes, and applying a strong understanding of National Insurance classes and the correct treatment of taxable and non-taxable items with appropriate compliance controls.
• Proven capability of understanding payroll for globally mobile employees or cross-border workers, including modified payrolls and RTI linked processes such as Appendices 4/5/6/7a/7b/8 and s690 directions.
• Strong experience conducting payroll related reviews or audit activity, identifying compliance risks and driving appropriate corrective action.

• It is essential that you are a qualified Tax or Payroll Professional. You MUST also hold one or more of the following:
• Chartered Tax Adviser (CIOT)
• Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (CIOT)
• AIIT (including Paper 4*)
• A Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) membership qualification including:
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW)
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS)
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland (ICAI)
  • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• Post Graduate full legal qualification - in taxation matters
• Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
• Institute of British Payroll Management