Payroll Administrator (12 Months FTC)

Salary: £28,800 – £36,000 per year

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Job Title: Payroll Administrator (12 months FTC)

Salary: £28,800 – £36,000

Location: Cardiff

Our client is looking for a reliable and capable Payroll Administrator to support a payroll of c3,500, reporting directly to the Payroll Manager. Your job will be varied and your responsibilities will include:

* Providing advice and guidance to Operation Managers and staff on all payroll, benefits and pension related matters

* Being an iTrent “superuser” providing advice, coaching and training for managers using the system and acting as the support desk for all technical related queries

* Running regular checks across the payroll system to ensure data is correct and consistent and liaising with managers as necessary to update it

* Carry out any structural or process changes within iTrent as and when required

* Checking and auditing all the monthly payroll submissions across the UK, Guernsey and Jersey, liaising with managers on any queries and escalating to the Payroll Manager as necessary

* Working within the Payroll Team the wider HR Team to ensure managers are complying with all payroll related deadlines and procedures

* Inputting monthly payroll data relating to statutory payments such as SMP, SSP, wage arrests and attachment to earnings orders

* Provide holiday and absence cover for inputting all monthly payroll data as and when required

* Assist the Payroll Manager with the execution of the monthly payroll including checking all payroll due diligence reports

* Assist the Payroll Manager in running a wide range of payroll reports each month on both a regular and ad hoc basis

* Oversee the administration of the Company’s various pension and benefit schemes including preparing reconciliations, processing membership requests, submission of monthly pension schedules, liaising with the scheme suppliers on all queries and ensuring all leaver information is processed

* Assisting with the preparation and submission of all statutory reporting for the UK and Channel Islands including submission of tax, national insurance, social security returns as well as the regular National Statistics surveys and reports

* You may be required during the course of your employment to carry out any other duties which are reasonable and within your capabilities in order to meet the needs of the business

Person Specification:

* Strong attention to detail with ability to audit large volumes of data accurately and consistently

* Strong IT skills with an excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

* Excellent numeracy skills

* Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills

* Ability to prioritise own workload in order to meet often conflicting deadlines

Please only apply if you match the above criteria.

S4 is acting as an agency for this role.

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