Senior payroll administrator

Job Summary

Portfolio Payroll are currently working with a busy and vibrant client payroll business in Newcastle who are currently recruiting for a Senior Payroll Administrator to join their team. Working for an established firm with opportunity for progression this business is the ideal setting to enhance your career.

Key Objectives:

To process outsourced payroll
Excellent Service delivery
End to End Payroll Administration
Maintain working knowledge and understanding of current statutory legislation
Enrolling New Starters
Liaising with HMRC
RTI, Pensions,
Collating timesheets
Inputting data onto the system
Checking timesheets are correct
Creating statutory payment schedules & top up
Manual calculations - starters & leavers, tax & NI, student loans, pensions
Using imports for data processing
Early payroll runs & re-runs & payments after leaving
Apprenticeship levy, Employment allowance, Small ER relief - calculations and implementation
Payroll reversals/corrections
Court orders processing
Taking inbound calls
General administration dutiesEssential Skills:

End to end processing
HMRC submissions
Experience using Excel
Data accuracy
Calculate, process and advise on statutory payments and court order
Calculate, advise and process annual leave
Uploading and maintaining pension data
Experience in a fast paced environment
Excellent communicator as you will be answering queries
Comprehensive knowledge of payroll and auto enrolment legislation
Strong organisational skills and the ability to self-manage are essential, while remaining flexible and adaptable.

Desirable skills and attributes:

Strong payroll experience - assist new members of the team
Calculate and process individual occupation maternity and sickness
Setting up and approving BACS payment for salary and PAYE payments
Producing payroll reports and creating payroll journals
Reconciliation of PAYE accounts
Setting up pension schemes with pension providers
STAR system experience

Salary and Benefits:

Progression opportunities
Study support where applicable
The Peoples Pension
Life insurance
Up to 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays
Ongoing professional development
Genuine work life balance
Hybrid working
Enhanced maternity pay
Employee assistance programme
Purchase of additional holiday
Cycle to work scheme
Tech scheme
Assigned coach to support career development
Free parking

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The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position