Interim Credit Specialist
Cowley, Oxford - Hybrid Working Model
3-6 Month Contract
£250-300 Per Day (Inside IR35)
We Do Group are delighted to be supporting a multi-site business in Oxford, recruiting an Interim Payroll Specialist into a high performing Finance team.
This is a sole payroll position which has come around due to the incumbent moving into a new role and will have two main areas of focus, managing the day to day payroll and supporting system and process improvements. The company have recently moved from Frontier to Moorepay and there will be various tasks related to streamlining the payroll processes.
The Role - Day to Day
- Ensure the smooth running of all monthly payrolls for circa 600 employees across the UK
- Take full ownership for the execution of payroll, pension, HMRC payments and benefit schemes within the appropriate deadlines and in accordance with all relevant employment legislation
- Liaise with our existing outsourced payroll provider, Frontier, ensuring they have all the data they need to process the payrolls accurately and on time
- Process the monthly pension contributions uploads and ensure timely data is sent to our payroll provider and pension schemes, dealing with any queries or issues that may arise
- Liaise closely with our pension and benefits broker to manage re-enrolment and ensure other regulatory obligations are met and scheme communications are made accurately and in a timely manner
- Ensure that the appropriate checks and reconciliations take place to support effective payroll controls in line with team performance standards
- Data input as required for P11Ds, tax year end, P60setc. and act as the main point of contact on benefits schemes
- Manage audit requests both internally and externally, ensuring swift delivery of documents/data required
- Point of contact for all payroll, pension and benefit related queries, escalating as necessary to the relevant stakeholders
- Manage transactional services of payroll (related to the employee lifecycle), working closely with the HR team
- Proactively streamline processes and systems to improve ways of working and make them more efficient and scalable as the business grows
- Be accountable for data integrity in systems, embedding robust quality assurance and control mechanisms into new processes to ensure compliance and exemplary data management
- Complete compliance audits in conjunction with key stakeholders, ensuring the relevant employee documents and systems are maintained and accurate
- Ensure compliance with regulations and legal requirements, including tax and pay law changes, as well as all related aspects of GDPR
- Produce regular activity reports/dashboards, as agreed with the ELT
- Liaise with outside bodies and stakeholders -HMRC, benefits providers, pension providers, auditors etc
Your Profile
- Experienced Payroll professional - ideally having worked in-house, either with or without a bureau
- Effective communicator - written & verbal
- Good working knowledge of MS Excel
- High attention to detail
- Proactive problem solver