Senior Payroll Officer

Senior Payroll Officer: SO1
Salary £35,577.00 to £36,567.00 pro rata
There is a permanent vacancy in the Payroll Team for a Senior Payroll Officer.
Duties include actively contributing to the smooth running of the service to coach and develop colleagues to help raise standards and productivity, which may require flexibility in working on operational and compliance areas. Senior Payroll Officers deal with a full range of customer activities which include complex customer and technical queries and issues. With their expert knowledge, they provide day to day support to the Principal Payroll Officer, Deputy Payroll Manager and the Payroll Manager with projects and changes to processes.
The successful applicant will be an excellent communicator dealing with payroll queries from a variety of channel including, email, personal callers, and the telephone. They will have an extensive up to date knowledge of PAYE and other related statutory obligations as well as experience of taxable benefits, payments to Individuals and the payroll Year End processes
Contact Details -
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact chris.dust@enfield.gov.uk
If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Farida Uddin on 0208 132 1027 or email farida.uddin@enfield.gov.uk
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We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.
Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:
- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
- A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
- Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
- Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
- Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
- 1 month paid sabbatical for Children’s Social Workers
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.

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