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