Role: Payroll and Pension Assistant
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months
Location: Aylesbury
Salary: £32,416 per annum
Closing Date: Friday 23rd January 2026
Job Purpose
* To undertake a timely and accurate payroll, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and tax obligations.
* To comply with pension regulations and do administration for the company pension schemes
* Responsible for the input into the payroll system
* Acting as the first point of contact within the payroll team
* Ensuring that processes are up to date and communicated
Key Accountabilities
* Monitoring the payroll inbox and undertaking all temporary input
* Acting as first point of contact for all payroll related queries
* Processing weekly and monthly reports
* Providing 1st line support to employees and managers
* Processing New starters, Leavers and changes in the payroll system
* Processing sickness, writing to employees reducing pay
* Overseeing maternity, paternity, and other statutory leave
* Completing the IRMA uploads into the payroll system, checking and resolving any exceptions
* Managing Childcare vouchers
* Processing pension changes (AVCs & AVC Extra) in iTrent and the pension portal
* Processing of retirements
* Running Business Objects reports
* Issuing P45s
* Completing payroll checking reports
* Managing all pension related queries
* Uploading the weekly and monthly files to Railpen and Sharepoint
* Processing salary confirmations on the pension portal
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
* Experience of working in Payroll
* Good working knowledge of Word and Excel
* Experience of Pension administration
* Good Communication skills
Desirable Criteria
* Experience within the rail industry
* Experience of Public sector pensions
* Use of iTrent HRIS system
* CIPP Qualification