Job Description
Our client is a large PLC, looking for an experienced Senior Payroll Administrator to join their team.
This is a brand position within the company, and will report to the Payroll Manager. You will have a small team of Payroll Administrators reporting to you, and this role will be a combination of processing the monthly payroll as well as mentoring others within the payroll team.
This role will require you to have a keen eye for detail and strong organisational skills. You must be a forward thinker always looking to improve processes and procedures.
PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR JOB ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Processing holiday, sick, maternity and paternity leave payments.
● Preparation of 2 monthly payrolls and payments of circa 3,500 employees.
● Recording payroll data in the company’s software system.
● Assist with the issuing P45s and other necessary tax forms.
● Ensuring implementation of policies and procedures that comply with all legislation and regulations governing the payment of people.
● Review, manage and resolve payroll queries including the calculation and raising manual payments where required and ensuring they are properly recorded.
● Supervising the work of existing payroll team members.
● Assist with producing monthly and ad hoc reports for key KPIs.
● Advising payroll team members about taxes and employment laws on salary.
● Providing high quality, timely advice, guidance and active assistance to the Payroll Manager, including IR35, ex-pats and executives, able to complete complex manual calculations.
● Oversee all benefits reporting and liaising with third parties.
● Complete the payroll journals and liaise with finance on query resolution.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Assist with the issuing P45s and other necessary tax forms.
● Prior experience as part of a payroll team in a busy office essential.
● CIPP Qualified desirable.
● Experience of payroll within the motor industry preferred.
● Must be competent in performing manual calculations.
● An effective communicator at all levels of management and staff.
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
● Ability to perform within pressurised environment and to work to strict deadlines.
● Must have hands on, Practical approach
HOURS:
Monday to Friday, working 37.5 hours week
Hybrid working if desired (2-days office based, 3-days home based)
PACKAGE:
Basic salary circa £28,000
Pension Scheme
Company Benefits Scheme