This is a hybrid position; however, you must be able to travel to Stafford every week as and when required.
Our client is a highly successful organisation based in Stafford, which is recruiting for a Senior Payroll Officer to join their team on a 4-month fixed-term contract. You will be joining an existing Finance team to support Payroll Officers in the processing of the monthly payroll for the group in addition to supporting the Payroll Manager with various projects.
Job Description for the Senior Payroll Officer:
Reporting to the Payroll Manager, duties for the Senior Payroll Officer will include:
* Support the Payroll Officers with processing monthly payroll including adjusting and deductions, sending out payslips, responding to payroll queries, producing P11ds, and preparing year-end returns.
* Working with HR to ensure new starters' and leavers' information is correct and adjusted where needed.
* Responsible for checking, authorising, and coding employee expense claims.
* Calculate and arrange timely payments of PAYE to HMRC, Pension deductions to the Pension provider, and Earnings attachment deductions to the appropriate authority.
* Responsible for Auto-Enrolment administration.
* Payroll reconciliation.
* Assisting the Payroll Manager with projects including National Minimum Wage compliance, changes to holiday pay, and pension reviews.
* Providing compliance support.
For the Senior Payroll Officer role, it would be good to see candidates with:
* Previous experience within payroll, processing payroll from start to finish.
* Ideally working towards a CIPP, although this is not essential.
* Experience working within a project team and playing a key role in project delivery.
* Excellent Excel skills including VLOOKUPs and pivot tables.
* The ability to meet deadlines.
* Experience supervising staff desirable.
Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Salary: £38,000 Per Annum
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