This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior L&D Advisor to join us, a role that will be instrumental in shaping the growth and success of our payroll department.
In this pivotal position, you will take the lead in developing an innovative onboarding program for new payroll team members, ensuring a seamless integration into our organisation.
You will have the opportunity to create a specialised payroll academy for entry-level hires, working collaboratively with our Learning & Development, Talent Acquisition, and HR teams. This entails employing diverse learning methodologies, delivery formats, and addressing participant needs to craft a well-structured program that aligns effectively with our desired outcomes.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone dedicated to fostering talent and driving professional development with a payroll background.
While this position is primarily remote-based, we want to be clear about the associated travel expectations. Regular travel to our Grimsby office will be necessary for in-person training sessions as part of your responsibilities. This may involve up to 3 days per week every 2-3 months.
As a Senior L&D Advisor in this team, your responsibilities will be as follows:
Leading the development of an onboarding (training) program for new payroll team members.
Creating a payroll academy for entry-level hires in collaboration with the broader L&D, Talent Recruitment, and HR teams.
Overseeing the onboarding process for all new payroll team members.
Managing the ACT payroll skills assessment platform, identifying knowledge gaps
Facilitating cross-skilling initiatives within the Managed Services payroll teams.
Providing pastoral care and support to new hires and apprentices
Collaborating with the broader L&D team to establish a comprehensive development framework for payroll employees.
Collaborating with the L&D team to design a training program for payroll managers
Reporting on predefined key performance indicators (KPIs) and delivering weekly updates to the SLT.
Coordinating with the wider Managed Services team to establish an appropriate Learning Management System (LMS) playbook for payroll.
Contributing to the development and implementation of evaluation mechanisms to gauge the effectiveness and impact of training programs.
What are we looking for?
This role is ideal for candidates with the following skills and experiences:
Proven experience leading payroll teams within a managed payroll environment
Hands-on experience in the design and delivery of training programs (desirable).
Possess a recognised payroll qualification, e.g. CIPP, etc. (desirable).
In addition to the core skills/experience above, the following competencies are essential for success in this position:
Excellent communication skills.
High attention to detail.
Strong influencing skills, enabling the ability to inspire and guide individuals toward shared objectives.
Demonstrated ability to develop others, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team environment.
Please note:
We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible.
For UK candidates only:
Please note we are only able to accept candidates that are permanent UK residents or have proven permanent right to work in the UK.
About IRIS
As one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies, IRIS Software Group exists to simplify the lives of businesses, schools and organisations.
IRIS provides software solutions and services that substantially enhance operational compliance, efficiency and accuracy, empowering the users of our technology to look forward with certainty and confidence.
Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child’s school, 18% of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50,000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping and 21,000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.
Our operational software is the invisible but essential beating heart of our customers’ businesses, supporting them in a range of objectives, from maintaining legislative compliance to boosting engagement with stakeholders and enhancing productivity.
It’s vital these mission-critical functions work first time, every time.
That’s why IRIS helps businesses run the tough stuff, stay compliant and get operational tasks done right first time, every time – so they can focus on productivity and growth.
IRIS is a company built on hiring the best people; our people are our greatest assets.
They enable us to be the innovative, market-leading, and high-performing company that we are today.
We’re delighted to be certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women.
These accolades confirm that our employees have a consistently positive experience at IRIS, with the certifications considering employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, trust in management, effective communication and recognition/reward.
IRIS is committed to engaging, rewarding and empowering our employees, and this is central to what we do.
This is why we work to create an environment where employees feel like they are part of a team.
Why work for IRIS?
The Benefits
Developing your career
We believe in creating a culture of engagement and reward to develop your potential and offer long-term career success. We do this by:
Supporting our managers to be great leaders, providing inspirational management resources and offering dedicated management development training.
Rewarding individual excellence through dedicated initiatives and Employee Awards for demonstrating our values.
Offering regular training and development programmes tailored to each employee’s development needs and providing a commitment to a ‘learning culture’ which shares knowledge, best practice and our long-standing expertise between employees.
We’re committed to a culture of continuous improvement and listen to our employees via regular feedback sessions and employee engagement surveys.
Our employees love the colleagues they work with. We promote a positive environment where our people feel comfortable, make friends and support each other.
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