Senior Payroll Officer

I am currently supporting a Not-for-Profit in Staffordshire to recruit a Senior Payroll Officer. This is a 3 month fixed-term contract paying up to £38,000.

As one of the largest providers of affordable care, employing almost 1,000 people, our client offers rewarding roles with excellent training and career development pathways delivering services that customers can trust. They offer free parking at their Staffordshire site.

Senior Payroll Officer:

• Support the Payroll Officers in the accurate delivery of all payrolls making all relevant adjustments and deductions as appropriate and dispatching all payroll documentation to employees.
• Working with People Services to ensure that all relevant information regarding starters and leavers and other adjustments to employees pay has been input into the HR and payroll system.
• To be responsible for ensuring all employee-related expenses claims are accurately coded and authorised with all necessary supporting documentation and payments processed through the payroll systems after carrying out all financial checks deemed necessary.
• Ensure the payroll is administered within the statutory and regulatory requirements for payroll production.
• To be responsible for ensuring third party payments are raised, with supporting documentation to HMRC, Pension bodies and any other deductions, and reconcile these payments to the Payroll and the Nominal Ledger Suspense Accounts.
• Responsible for the effective administration of Auto Enrolment within payroll, ensuring group employer legal obligations are met.
• Support the Payroll Officers and be responsible for the production of P11d's and associated administration.
• No line management will be required during this contract.

Senior Payroll Officer:

• Qualified (or working towards with relevant experience) CIPP.
• Experience of working in a Payroll team and processing payrolls from start to finish.
• Experience working with a cash value incentive bonus scheme, and calculating payments to individuals.
• Ability to work within a project team and playing a key role within the project delivery.
• Strong numerical skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Computer skills: general IT skills and excellent working knowledge of Excel (including pivot tables, lookups).
• Delivering results, focused, self-motivated, flexible and enthusiastic.
• Knowledge and experience of administering statutory legislation.
• Experience of working in a Payroll environment.
• Team worker as well as able to work on own initiative.

£37,000 - £38,000 FTE.

3 month fixed-term contract.

Hybrid working.

Induction programme and excellent learning opportunities.

28 days holiday, increasing to 33 with each year of service (this includes 3 days over Christmas).

Contributory pension scheme.

Employee health care.

Eye care vouchers.

Cycle to work scheme.

EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this fixed term contract vacancy.