Senior Payroll Officer

Senior Payroll Officer – Liverpool - Paying between £17.50 - £21.00 per hour 

Our client is based in Liverpool and they are looking for an experienced Payroller to join their team on an ongoing temporary basis or a FTC would also be considered. There may be an opportunity for the role to become permanent but for the moment they need someone who can start as soon as possible and so an immediate (or within a week) start would be required. 

Job Purpose:

Ensure that the company meets its' responsibility to staff and external bodies by overseeing the monthly payroll and related tasks and operates its' payroll systems in a way that maintains its' values, mission and vision.

• Work with HR to ensure the effective processing of any new starters, leavers, and amendments to contracts for staff
• Process absences to include holidays, special absences and sickness which includes statutory obligations and calculations for payments of SSP, SMP, SPP & SHPP
• To work closely with the finance team and oversee delivery of all payroll tasks, ensuring monthly and 4-weekly payrolls are completed in a timely and accurate manner with all deadlines met
• Consult with the Payroll Officer, managers and employees to resolve payroll queries in a timely manner
• HMRC submissions for PAYE, NI, Student Loans, Apprenticeship Levy
• Courts, Councils, DWP and High Court Officers as required to ensure accurate treatment of Attachments of Earnings deduction
• ONS survey returns
• Oversee the hours owing process
• Completing the over 48 hours report
• Work with HR and managers to identify any common or repeated errors in the data provided to Payroll and identify ways to resolve
• Work as part of the finance team to ensure that payroll information is translated and updating the All-Transactions Database at the end of the monthly payroll process, compiling & posting payroll journals and reconcile payroll control accounts
• Work closely with Finance to resolve any control accounts queries and contribute to the annual audit process

This role is offered on a 5 day week and will be hybrid with 3 days in the office/2 days WFH. The initial training period and handover will be fully office-based. 

The Person:

• You will have strong payroll skills and will have worked in a previous payroll role
• You will show demonstrable knowledge and experience of payroll legislation
• Strong IT skills are required, including demonstrable experience of using payroll, finance and spreadsheet systems
• You must be available at short notice as an immediate start (or within a week) is required