Payroll Officer

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https://www.pagepersonnel.co.uk/job-detail/payroll-officer/ref/jn-022024-6330664

Main Duties:

• Undertake processing of payroll transactions for staff, pensioner and other payrolls including the collation and validation of documentation from staff, pensioners and managers, data input to SAP, checking output, raising concerns where matters fall outside agreed processes.
• Respond to a wide range of payroll related issues raised by managers, staff, pensioners, their representative's external third parties etc. Communication may be by e-mail, letter, phone, face to face. Matters may relate to terms and conditions, application of regulation (tax, Nl etc), other statutory and agreed deductions, e.g. court orders, salary sacrifice schemes, pension matters, etc.
• Implement, and advise on, particular or technically different tasks. This may include debt recovery, incentive schemes, self employment, redundancy and other termination payments, benefits packages, etc.
• Support users who have input to payroll processes through employee self service, managers self service and other related SAP developments. This may include setting up users, providing advice on usage, checking input through sampling or where sign off is required.
• Ensure customers receive accurate payments including those to overseas bank accounts, managing recalls and debt recovery as appropriate.
• Provide information required by internal and external auditors and to implement recommendations of audit reports. To ensure that a clear audit trail of all payroll transactions is maintained (including file management) to meet audit requirements and best practice.
• Complete official requests for information from employees, senior managers, pensioners, government departments, banks, building societies and trade unions.
• Assist senior Payroll staff in undertaking research, analysis and fact finding. Support the implementation of changes in payroll or HR policy or processes.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with team colleagues, other HR services, Senior Managers, other departments, the Trade Unions and representatives from a range of external bodies.
• Responsible for the collection, collation and analysis of a range of payroll data, including the production of reports and statistical data for internal and external use.
• Participate in end of year processes.

Application closing date: Ongoing

Interviews will take place in the week beginning: Ongoing

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.