Job Title: Payroll Officer
Starting: ASAP
Duration: 3 months with potential for extension
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 - 5
Location: Old Street, North London
Pay: £13.50 to £14.50 paye per hour
£14.50 to £16 paye inclusive per hour
£16.50 to £17.50 umbrella per hour
Pay is dependent on skills and experience
Job Summary:
The post holder is responsible for processing the payroll of our temporary workforce, working closely with the erostering team and other associated teams to facilitate weekly payroll.
Duties:
- Inputting starters onto ESR within payroll deadlines and ensuring that starter paperwork is delivered to the payroll department in a timely manner
- Maintain electronic filing systems, ensuring security and confidentiality of information, record keeping, and archiving information.
- Provide information and if appropriate, advice on all matters related to pay, service conditions and the NHS Pension Scheme.
- Make accurate and authorised payments, including resolving any queries.
- Maintain payroll-related records including Income Tax, National Insurance, Pensions, Occupational and Statutory Sick and Maternity/Paternity Pay, Adoption leave and Family Tax Credits and any other relevant payments or deductions.
- Process manual calculations, as required including but not limited to tax calculations and net overpayment etc.
- Support the Payroll Liaison Officer in the production of payroll reports as part of the end-to-end payroll processing in accordance with relevant SOP and checklist instructions.
- Process appropriate reports, schedules and documents and distribute as required.
- Identify and investigate discrepancies, or queries at any point in the payroll process and either resolve or refer to the appropriate team member for action if required.
- Ensure the temporary staffing team are made aware of any data or service issues which could delay payment to workers.
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Essential Knowledge:
- 1 years NHS experience and preferably 2 or more
- 3 years payroll experience working in a high pressure environment
- Experience of working with outsourced providers
- Detailed knowledge of legislation applicable to payroll
- Well-honed analytical skills, confidently able to analyse data to investigate and resolve payroll enquiries.
Desirable:
- Knowledge using ESR
- CIPP Qualification
- Experience of working with outsourced providers
Personal Traits:
- Demonstrable evidence of excellent customer service skills and ability to build positive working relationships.
- High level of attention to detail and accurate data input skills
- Good level of planning and organisational skills
- Demonstrable evidence of ability to deliver at pace, managing workload to ensure payroll deadlines are met whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- Able to complete complex manual calculations correctly.
- Resilient under pressure, able to deal with conflict positively.