Location: Hybrid working, 2 days in Grantham Office
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 39 hours per week
Salary: Up to £56,472.33
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Are you ready to be part of a values‑driven organisation that puts people first?
Thera Trust is a unique charity‑led organisation with a powerful vision, mission and values, we are looking for an experienced and forward‑thinking Payroll & Pensions Manager to lead our high‑quality, compliant and customer‑focused payroll and pensions hub team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a values‑driven social care organisation with multiple legal entities, diverse terms and conditions, and a workforce that makes a real difference every day.
As part of our People & Culture Hub Team, you will play a key role in ensuring colleagues are paid accurately and on time, while overseeing the administration of a wide range of pension schemes including LGPS, NHS and other occupational arrangements.
What you will be doing:
- Leading the end‑to‑end payroll function across multiple companies, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely delivery.
- Managing payroll activity for starters, leavers, contractual changes, statutory payments, overtime, allowances and more.
- Overseeing compliance with HMRC requirements including PAYE, NI, RTI submissions and year‑end processes.
- Leading the governance and administration of multiple pension schemes (LGPS, NHS, auto‑enrolment and TUPE‑inherited schemes).
- Producing accurate management information, assurance reports and analysis.
- Coaching, developing and leading a high‑performing payroll and pensions team.
- Supporting organisational change programmes, restructures, acquisitions and TUPE transfers.
- Building strong relationships with internal teams and external partners including HMRC, auditors and pension providers.
What we are looking for:
- You’ll bring a blend of technical expertise, leadership capability and a passion for service excellence
- Level 5 / Foundation Degree in Payroll Management.
- Significant experience managing payroll in a complex, multi‑company or multi‑site organisation.
- Substantial experience administering multiple pension schemes, including LGPS and NHS.
- Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, statutory requirements and pension governance.
- Experience leading a payroll team and managing payroll/pension activity linked to TUPE or organisational change.
- Excellent analytical, reconciliation and problem‑solving skills.
- Ability to interpret complex terms and conditions and translate them into accurate payroll and pension processing.
- Highly organised, resilient and able to manage competing priorities.
Click Apply Now if you want to be part of a Team where your expertise genuinely shapes the organisation
Thera is an equal opportunities employer that promotes diversity within our workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, regardless of sexual orientation, race, age, gender, disability, religion or belief.
We reserve the right to close this advert before the closing deadline if we interview and offer the right candidate
