Payroll Officer - Workshop Recruitment : Job Details

The purpose of this job role is to provide accurate and timely processing of company Payroll.

Main Duties

• Management of the monthly payrolls ensuring strict adherence to deadlines
• In-house liaison and administration of the pension schemes including auto enrolment processing and letters, employee pension requests and annual pension assessment
• Provide training and ongoing support to Line Managers for the time and attendance system
• Providing in-house training on the computerised Payroll system
• On-going maintenance of the HR/Payroll System
• On-going maintenance of the time and attendance system including working patterns, absence codes and flexi-time settings
• Payroll administration including processing starters and leavers for payroll, SSP, SMP, overtime, ad hoc payments, reward and termination payments
• Administer holiday purchase and voluntary unpaid leave (VULA) schemes
• Calculate and process entitlements and shutdown/bank holidays on the time and attendance system
• Process relevant administration at tax year end including P11Ds, P60s and Gender Pay Gap reporting
• Reconcile account and payment of deduction taken from Payroll
• Arrange payments to third parties e.g. HMRC, court orders, CSA
• Generate ad-hoc and scheduled reports for both the Payroll and time and attendance systems as required
• Produce the annual Payroll calendar
• Manage effective monitoring of sickness records ensuring company sick pay is paid in line with company policy and issue SSP1 forms where appropriate
• Provide costings for International Mobility Employees and share the relevant Payroll information with PWC for completion of international assignee tax returns
• Process the administration of statutory external enquiries from Government offices
• Process enquiries from bank and building societies relating to mortgage and financial references
• Submit company car changes to HMRC
• Prepare annual budget information for Payroll
• Liaise with payroll provider on input, checking reports, BACS submission

Skills and Knowledge

• Previous experience of complete Payroll responsibility for a medium sized company (above 600 employees)
• Previous experience of Payroll/time and attendance systems
• Previous experience of pension administration
• Knowledge/experience of pension auto enrolment
• Ability to self-manage – prioritise and systematically complete deadlines effectively
• Flexible with approach
• Competent interpersonal and communications skills at all levels
• Competency in co-ordinating an effective administration process
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail
• Understanding of Payroll legislation and processes i.e. tax
• Ability to understand legislation and make it user friendly

Additional Info

• £17.25 - £18.75 per hour
• 3-6 month contract
• 22-25.5 hours per week (2.5-3 days per week)
• Able to do additional hours at peak processing time
• Excellent working environment and supportive team
• On site parking
• Canteen facilities