Payroll Assistant

Salary: £30,000 per year

Payroll Assistant

Daventry, Northants

Up to £30,000 per annum

Monday to Friday 8.30am until 5pm

Permanent

Our Daventry client is looking to recruit a Payroll Assistant on a permanent basis.

The role:

As a Payroll Assistant your role is to collate and process payroll data, to deliver a first-class
customer service enabling queries to be handled in a timely manner. To produce the payroll
accurately and within the agreed timescales. Calculate statutory payments as per HMRC
guidelines.

Payroll Assistant Key Accountabilities

* Act as the first point of contact for managers and employees seeking advice on payroll matters
* Provide quick, accurate advice in line with all Company procedures in relation to payroll related queries
* Processing New Starters and Leavers into the Payroll system
* Weekly checks of timesheets to ensure accuracy of records in relation to weekly contracted hours, absences, overtime, holidays
* Produce and share with the management weekly reports drawn out of payroll records
* Dealing with absence and holiday calculations
* SSP, SMP, SAP and SPP Calculations
* Producing P45’s for leavers and holiday calculations
* Understanding tax and national insurance implications and the Payroll departments obligation to HMRC
* Input and check Attachment of Earnings Orders
* Collation of monthly payments for Court Orders
* Completion of Monthly Journal for the Finance Team
* Ensure absences are recorded accurately by performing weekly checks on duplicate and missing records and taking appropriate actions to correct abnormalities
* Liaising with the HR team to ensure accurate data is recorded
* Ensure Time & Attendance system is updated regularly with the required shifts in line to the rota schedule
* Ensure the efficient and accurate maintenance of the HR Payroll systems and thrive that all aspects of the system are fully utilised in order to gain operational efficiency
* Maintain payroll related legislative knowledge for the UK & NI and advise managers accordingly
* Ensure all appropriate policies, procedures and legal requirements adhered to with clear audit trails and maintain all personnel records in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations
* Strive for efficiency whilst continuously improving delivery of Monthly Payroll processes

Additional Responsibilities

Systems
* Check daily imports of timesheets are uploaded into Cascade
* Weekly checks on timesheets
* Time & Attendance – ensure shifts are updated in line with rotas and annual schedule
* Ensure the updating of Reward Gateway portal with new starters and leavers
Benefits
* Issue reward vouchers to employees in accordance to company policy
* Prepare and issue monthly posters of our clients Superhero awards
* Provide Finance department with monthly report on reward transactions
KPIs
* Minimise payroll related errors
* Accuracy of absence records: removing duplicates, inputting missing records, monthly checks on half day absences
* Accuracy of payroll related calculations
* Monthly checks on WTD hours and highlight any exceeded hours to management

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required

* Working knowledge of payroll legislation
* Excellent MS offices skills
* Proficient in using Payroll software & T&A software
* Provident written, numerical, communication and verbal skills
* Excellent attention to detail
* Ability to work with high volume of numbers.

Please apply with a copy of your CV.

CPDaventry

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