Payroll Assistant (12m FTC)

Your new companyYou''ll be joining a well-established public sector organisation with a strong commitment to service excellence and employee support. The finance team is dedicated, collaborative, and driven by accuracy and reliability. You''ll be part of a function that plays a vital role in ensuring colleagues receive a seamless and dependable payroll experience.Your new roleAs a payroll assistant, you''ll deliver an accurate and compliant payroll service, handling salary changes, statutory payments, deductions and manual calculations. You''ll support the smooth running of payroll systems while also managing key pension administration tasks, including preparing estimates, updating records and issuing notifications.You''ll act as a main contact for payroll, tax, NI and pension queries, ensure payrolls balance correctly, process third party payments, manage HMRC documentation, maintain accurate data and support reporting deadlines. The role also involves regular liaison with internal teams and external bodies, as well as general administrative duties. This is a varied position combining routine processing with technical problem solving.What you''ll need to succeedPrevious experience within payroll, ideally handling complex or high volume workloads. understanding of payroll legislation and statutory requirements.Ability to perform accurate manual calculations for gross-to-net checks.Experience working with computerised payroll systems.Excellent accuracy, organisational skills ..... full job details .....