Payroll Administrator; 12 month contract; 37 hours a week; based in Preston; £15.46 per hour PAYE An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Payroll Administrator to work for BAE Systems, based within the Payroll Operations team, reporting to one of the Payroll Team Managers. This role requires a customer focused approach to accurately administer complex, high volume payrolls. Key duties include; • Responsible for the timely and accurate preparation and processing of high volume and complex Payrolls in line with SLA’s and HMRC leglislation. • Responsible for logging any advances, errors and overpayments and reporting any known issues/defects to a Payroll Team Manager for timely review. • Play a key role in ensuring that all work instructions and processes regularly reviewed and and remain compliant with governance and audit procedures. Pro-actively escalate any discrepancies or changes required. • Support with the continuous improvement initiative, highlighting new ideas and better ways of working. • Responsible for the regular review of all Finance reconciliation items for your areas of responsibility. • Support with internal/external Payroll reviews/audits when required. • Support with the training of team members as and when required. • Work along our employees, Business stakeholders and internal/external teams in order to promptly resolve any business, employee and Third Party payroll related queries, ensuring the most effective communication method is used. • Responsible for identifying and taking relevant preventative action to minimise under / over payments. • Responsible for prioritising your own workload and using initiative and problem solving capabilities to provide a responsive Payroll Service at all times. • Other duties as defined by the Payroll Team Manager and Business. Knowledge - Excellent knowledge and experience of UK Payroll - Previous experience of working within a Payroll Service delivering multiple payrolls. - Payroll legislation knowledge, including an appreciation for future changes and the possible impact of these on a Payroll function. - Experience of Resource Link system or similar is desirable Essential Skills - PC Literacy, competent in Word, Excel & Outlook - Excellent people skills - Excellent oral and written communication skills. - The ability to interrogate and analyse data demonstrating numeracy, accuracy and attention to detail. - Ability to problem solve using own initiative.( - Collaborative approach with colleagues and stakeholders to build and maintain effective relationships. Qualifications - CIPP or equivalent Payroll qualification would be an advantage - GCSEs or equivalent in Mathematics and English, grades A-C. Hybrid working pattern - 2 days per week in the office usually Monday and Thursday Morson is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy Payroll; VAT returns; Reconciliation; Payroll Legislation; P11D; p45; Payroll Systems; multi-payroll; HMRC; Query Handling; Stakeholder Management; Expenses; CIPP; Resource Link