Payroll Manager (Maternity Cover)
- Location: Croydon
- Reporting to: Financial Controller
- Salary: £40k-£42k
- Type: Full-time
Dovetail and Slate are recruiting on behalf of a leading education provider based in Croydon.
Job Purpose
- To undertake the sole payroll function, pensions administration and systems administration of an integrated HR/Payroll system. Responsible to the Financial Controller in ensuring that the College payroll is managed in a robust, accurate and timely fashion and in compliance with relevant statutory provisions and College financial rules and procedures.
Main Duties
- Responsible to the Financial Controller for carrying out the day to day payroll function assisted by the Payroll Administrator.
- Ensure timely and accurate remuneration of staff and pensioners.
- Process all monthly payment details e.g. basic pay, overtime, expenses, sick pay and sessional lecturer or casual staff pay.
- Review and report on developments or changes for implementation in accordance
- with relevant pensions schemes namely the Local Government Scheme and Teachers Pension Scheme.
- Ensure the College's responsibilities in relation to pension's auto-enrolment are carried out.
- Ensure completion of the annual payment schedule and any monthly or annual returns such as to Teachers' Pensions or the Local Government Pension Scheme as directed.
- Validate and authorises BACS payments in liaison with Finance.
- Ensure all HMRC reports are in compliance and reported as required and supports the HR Team in producing other statutory reports as required.
Additional Duties
- Ensure disaster recovery and business continuity plans are robust and fully tested.
- Ensure the development and maintenance of the iTrent HR/Payroll system, with particular responsibility for Payroll, undertaking systems administration as required.
- Maintain, review and implement HR/Payroll transactional processes as necessary to ensure high service quality,
- Responsible to the Financial Controller for the on-going maintenance and integrity of HR/Payroll system as directed.
- Ensure that the HR/Payroll system is operational with regular software updates as supplied by the software vendor.
- Test system upgrades before going live and manage system configuration framework.
- Work closely with IT and system vendor to ensure proper functioning of the system.
- Ensure effective HR/Payroll system security and appropriate User access profiles.
Requirements
- IPPM qualification or significant relevant experience
- Level 2 Maths and English qualification
- Demonstrable payroll experience, including manual calculations.
- Experience of working in payroll in the education or public sector (or private provider running an education payroll).
- Good knowledge of HR processes and clear understanding and experience of transactional HR services.
- Experience of running a payroll from an integrated HR/Payroll System (preferably Midland iTrent system and Business objects
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave (plus Christmas closure and Bank Holidays)
- Good opportunities for professional development
- High Pension Scheme
- Access to free staff car park.
- Extensive Employee Benefits Scheme including discounts at high street and on-line retailers.
- Onsite free gym
- Employee Assistance Programme
If this role is of interest, please send your CV through to James Grace at Dovetail & Slate
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