The role

The team are friendly and work as a close unit, providing an excellent service to the workforce. 

The successful candidate will have experience processing payrolls and have a thorough understanding of payroll and associated legislation. With an eye for detail, they should also be comfortable with calculating manual payments. 

Responsibilities

Payroll:

•    Processing the monthly payroll from end to end for approximately 1,300 employees, spread across 3 separate payrolls.

•    Advise HR Business Partners/ Hub on pay-related matters as & when required.

•    Manage the payment of the hourly paid/ casual employees through ADP Real Time.

•    Prepare monthly payroll sign off.

•    Payment of disbursements for Tax, National Insurance, Pension, Give as You Earn and Attachment of Earnings.

•    Reconciliation of payroll benefit related balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.

•    Perform monthly National Living Wage checks.

•    Assist with end of year reporting to HMRC such as P60, P11D &PAYE Settlement Agreement 

•    Respond to general queries from our internal Finance Team. employees, HMRC and other Government bodies.

•     Liaising with internal and external auditors and dealing with any issues as they arise.

•    Continuously drive for process improvement of the payroll function.

HR (Benefits):

•    Liaising with Group, Benefits Team & 3rd party benefits provider on benefit data.

•    Supporting in any identified benefits-related projects.

•    Annual system testing before live launch.

Person specification

•    In depth ‘end to end’ payroll experience, including year-end processing and statutory payments and deductions.

•    Comfortable with calculating manual calculations.

•    Good understanding of pension legislation.

•    Previous exposure to flexible benefits and their payroll impact.

•    Experience of IHCM. ADP Real Time beneficial 

•    Good IT skills essential, including intermediate Excel (Vlookups & Pivot Tables) and MS Word.