Senior Payroll Administrator

Valeco Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with our established client who have been serving Scottish Communities since 1859 and we are delighted to be hiring a permanent Senior Payroll Administrator to join their team in Edinburgh based at their Head Office.

The Offer

• Competitive salary that is dependent on experience
• Free parking
• Generous holiday allowance
• Staff discounts
• Pension scheme
• Employee share scheme, after 1 years service

Working 8.30am until 5pm based at their Head Office in Newbridge, in the future our client would love to have the opportunity to offer this role hybrid. This will be once a system migration is completed, however please not there is no timeline on this.

What will you be doing?

• Processing Weekly payroll in a busy payroll environment using Advanced Business Solution (Openpoeple) Software (3600 employees).
• Process 4 weekly Pension Payrolls.
• You will be responsible for running your own section of the payroll.
• Ensuring all payments and deductions are implemented in accordance with statutory requirements.
• Deal with a variety of different employee contracts and pay arrangements.
• Carry out full start to finish Payroll including new starters, leavers, maternity, paternity, sick pay etc.
• Produce and Compile Management Reports.
• Deal with Payroll related queries
• Work as part of a Team of 4 and provide cover for other members of the Payroll Team during holidays and absence periods.
• Assist with implementing and testing of our new WFM system.
• Process 4 weekly pension payrolls.

Here is what experience we require for this hire:

• Experience and knowledge of processing large volume, multi- sited payroll.
• Knowledge of pension schemes and processing pension payroll would be advantageous.
• Experience of Computerised Payroll Accounting Methods.
• Strong IT skills, good knowledge of Excel is important (data manipulation - pivot tables and v-lookups etc).
• Solid Knowledge of HMRC legislation, pensions and tax.
• Communication Skills both written and verbal.
• Attention to detail and ability to plan & organise your workload.
• CIPP qualified or working towards.

Interested?

We would love to hear from you, with your updated CV and introduction/cover letter telling us more about you and your expertise in payroll. Our team do not put closing dates on any of our job roles, we review all applicants as they are coming in given you that personal touch. Remember we will be in touch via email to arrange an online interview with our team for those we have shortlisted, don't forget to reply!