Our client has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Payroll Administrator (homeworker) for their private client section.
This is a fully remote role with 2 days per month in their central London office.
Key tasks and responsibilities:
- Controlling own section of the payroll, including the following duties:
- To deputise for the payroll team leader in their absence and be first point of call for any escalations
- To process payroll data received from client HR department/line managers relating to starters, leavers, pay reviews, pay adjustments, sickness, and change of hours, deputising, and payment of allowances and any other input
- To answer telephone and e-mail queries from client or employees and third parties promptly and effectively
- To manage own workload, taking responsibility for maintaining workloads
- To meet tight deadlines regarding cut off dates
- To process any changes to payroll which may arise out of queries, eg raise overpayments and make payments
- To check data for self and colleagues’ work, providing an audit trail of events
- To ensure that all targets for service delivery are met and where possible exceeded
Essential Skills and Attributes:
- Good all round payroll knowledge, preferably gained within a multi-client environment.
- Good Excel skills
- In this role you will also be delegating for the team Leader on occasions so you must be prepared to deal with anything that comes your way, a can-do attitude will go a long way in succeeding in this role.
- Highly organised with ability to prioritise workload
- Self-dependent
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Strong numeracy skills
- Accurate and methodical approach
- Excellent customer service skills
- Strong IT skills
The Benefits
They provide the opportunity for you to develop your skills and experience with a leading supplier of services and software to public and private organisations across the UK.
A wide range of benefits, rewards and discounts
- Professional development opportunities and support towards gaining professional qualifications
- 25 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays
- Life assurance, which is equivalent to 4 times the basic salary
- Defined contributory pension scheme; employees can contribute up to 6%, and the company will match the contribution to a maximum of 6%
- Employee access a wide range of benefits, rewards, and discounts with 'Look Inside’
- Support towards gaining professional qualifications
- Access to employee wellbeing initiatives
- The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Company sick pay
- Occupational health advice and support
- Free eye tests
- Free annual flu jab
- Family-friendly policies
- Flexible working options
- The recommend a friend recruitment referral scheme.