Payroll Specialist

This market leading organisation based in Woking is looking for an experienced Payroll Specialist to join their team. You will be joining a growing business that has a glowing reputation in the market and has a very established workforce. This role will be offered on a mainly remote basis with a requirement to work a minimum of 1 day a week in the office. This role will suit an established Payroller who has prior experience of working in a busy environment and is looking for their next challenge.

Payroll Specialist - Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working - minimum of 1 day in the office
• Company bonus scheme
• Discount on company products
• Life assurance scheme
• Commutable by public transport

Payroll Specialist - About The Role

In this role you will be working alongside the Payroll Manager to ensure the accurate processing of 1300 employees. You will be required to deliver full payroll reports and liaise with both Finance and HR.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Ensuring that all reporting requirements are completed within the deadlines, including monthly board reports and weekly KPI reports
• Dealing with all aspects of statutory payments and deductions, RTI reporting and period closure processes
• Calculating adjustments for new starters and leavers as well as job changes
• Processing high volumes of monthly temporary payments, inputted by operational colleagues in order to identify errors
• Ensuring colleagues are being paid correctly and on time
• Processing and issuing leaver letters, payslips, pension letters and P45s
• Manual tax and NI calculations needed for payments outside of the normal processing timetable
• Uploading monthly pension reports to the pensions company portals
• Develop effective working partnerships with HR and Operational managers

The successful Payroll Specialist will have:

• Previous experience in a similar position
• Specialist knowledge of payroll and HR systems
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment
• Up to date knowledge of PAYE rules/auto enrolment pension
• Strong Excel skills

Howett Thorpe are acting as a recruitment agency in relation to this role and comply with all relevant UK legislation and do not discriminate on any protected characteristics. Due to the high volume of applications we currently receive, we are unable to respond to all candidates. If you do not hear from a Consultant within 5 working days, please assume that you have not been successful.

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