Payroll Officer

GBR Recruitment Ltd are working exclusively with their long-term prestigious Construction / Built Environment client, recruiting for an experienced Payroll Officer to join this highly progressive people centric business in Leicestershire. This key full-time office based Monday to Friday (08:30am to 4:30pm) position, will manage all Payroll activity (weekly & monthly payroll / benefits processing) within the company, working closely with both the Payroll Administrator (your direct report) & the wider HR Management team, to ensure accurate & timely payroll processing.

In this critical Payroll position, you will process both the weekly & monthly payroll as well implement new payroll processes when needed, plus produce reports / summaries (of earnings, taxes & deductions) plus where possible support the wider payroll / HR team with additional project work / administration tasks.

Ideally you will be a qualified Payroll Technician (CIPP or working towards it) or time served in a comparable Payroll Officer, Payroll Clerk, Payroll Manager, Payroll Supervisor or Payroll Team Leader function, processing weekly payroll for 100’s of staff (ideally 300+).

Payroll Officer Duties:

• Process the weekly & monthly payroll, accurately & concisely.
• Accurately process new starters, employment leavers, making the required amendments to the payroll.  
• Calculate SSP, SPP, SMP etc.
• Responsible for all HMRC communication for FPS, EPS & P11D's.
• Month End & Year End support (P60's etc).
• Support & Liaise with internal / external auditors.
• Maintain / update the payroll processing system (People XD software, a SaaS system) & payroll / people records by obtaining, calculating & inputting all required information on to the data sets / MI.
• Processing employees take home pay based on T&A records, benefits, deductions & taxes. * Balancing of all the payroll accounts by resolving any payroll issues.
• Process any request for leave & any other absences accurately.
• Rectify any discrepancies in time-sheet / payroll system records.
• Reply in a timely manner to all queries around processed wages, any deductions, recorded attendance & timekeeping records.
• Employee holiday management / processing.
• Payroll reports / summaries / MI data for analysis by the business leaders (SMT / MD).
• Mentor, coach & develop the Payroll Administrator.
• Ensure GDPR compliance processes are in place & adhered to at all times, without fail.

Payroll Officer Attributes:

• Strong payroll management, payroll processing & payroll administration experience (100’s of staff).
• Strong weekly & monthly payroll experience is a must.
• Understanding of up to date tax procedures, employee benefits, & any other wage deductions.
• Strong Payroll Software / Payroll Systems experience (any, company use Access People XD system, installed this year).
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills (formulas, Vlook up etc.).
• Qualified Payroll Technician (CIPP or working towards it), or time served in a comparable Payroll position (QBE).
• Construction / Built Environment / Plant Machinery background (would be useful but isn't a must).

Employee Benefits: Fantastic, extensive & unrivalled Employee Benefits Scheme, detailed at interview, but includes bonus, enhanced pension contributions (to 10%), healthcare & mich more!

If you are a Payroll professional, who wants to work in a fun vibrant working atmosphere, within a Payroll / HR team of 7, in a business that is highly profitable & highly successful & one that prides itself on developing those from within, then the answer is simple.....................APPLY TODAY!

Commutable from: Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire & parts of Lincolnshire, also open to those looking to relocate (serious relocaters only). Interviews to take place ASAP for the right payroll professional/s.