Payroll Administrator

Exiting opportunity has arisen for an experience Payroll Administrator to work for this national organisation. The role is based in their London office working in team.

This is Hybrid working from Home and approx. 2 days in the London office per month.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

Controlling own section of the payroll, including the following duties:

• To process payroll data, including weekly payroll 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 (in case of Local Fees) 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
• Process monthly and weekly pay calculations runs, process general ledger files and run weekly and monthly post payroll reports.
• Adhere to the Data Protection Act, Client confidentiality, Company Policies and Procedures and Quality Management requirements
• To assist the Team Leader and Senior and undertake any other duties as required

Essential Skills and Attributes:

• Experience in processing client payrolls
• 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
• Detailed knowledge of Zellis (Northgate software) an advantage

Employee Benefits:

Professional development opportunities and support towards gaining professional qualifications 

26 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays. Entitlement increases by one additional day after five years of service and a further additional day after ten years of service.

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’

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.

Cycle 2 Work Scheme