Payroll Administrator
Preston based (Hybrid - 2 days per week on site)
£20.10 an hour Umbrella Inside IR35
12 Month Contract initially.
This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Defence organisations based In Preston. Hybrid working - 2 days per week on site.
Daily Activities:-
1. Responsible for the timely and accurate preparation and processing of high volume and complex Payrolls in line with SLA's and HMRC leglislation.
2. Responsible for logging any advances, errors and overpayments and reporting any known issues/defects to a Payroll Team Manager for timely review.
3. Play a key role in ensuring that all work instructions and processes regularly reviewed and and remain compliant with governance and audit procedures. Proactively escalate any discrepancies or changes required.
4. Support with the continuous improvement initiative, highlighting new ideas and better ways of working.
5. Responsible for the regular review of all Finance reconciliation items for your areas of responsibility.
6. Support with internal/external Payroll reviews/audits when required.
7. Support with the training of team members as and when required.
8. Work along our employees, Business stakeholders and internal/external teams in order to promptly resolve any business, employee and Third Party payroll related queries, ensuring the most effective communication method is used.
9. Responsible for identifying and taking relevant preventative action to minimise under / over payments.
10. Responsible for prioritising your own workload and using initiative and problem solving capabilities to provide a responsive Payroll Service at all times
11. Other duties as defined by the Payroll Team Manager and Business.
Qualification requirements
12. CIPP or equivalent Payroll qualification (Desirable)
13. GCSEs or equivalent in Mathematics and English, grades A-C. (Essential)