Payroll Officer

Salary: £33,600 per year

Payroll Officer

Up to £28,000

Permanent

Hybrid (1 day spent in office!)

Includes fantastic benefits

Robert Walters is working with a UK leading property developer to offer you the chance to work alongside there finance team as an Payroll Officer. This opportunity will give you the ability to progress on your previous Payroll experience and develop further knowledge. As part of the Payroll Team you will be working to strict deadlines to ensure the efficient and reliable processing of payrolls for two companies within the group across the UK, totalling over 700 employees: one weekly and three-monthly payrolls.

Role & Responsibilities

• Processing end to end payrolls for over 700 employees: 3 monthly & one weekly
• Comprehensive knowledge of all UK payroll legislation
• Ensuring compliance with company policies
• Ensuring all HMRC RTI submissions are met
• Maintain and update payroll records
• Monitoring the Payroll email inbox and resolving and responding to Payroll queries in a professional, timely manner
• General administration duties relating to payroll as required
• P45, P60’s P45’s P11d and Year-End Process
• Pension Scheme processing & administration in line with Auto Enrolment & Company Scheme
• Dealing with new starter & leaver processes
• Checking hours and calculating overtime and holiday pay
• Applying cost allocations to salaries & expenses
• Adhering to Company Policies in processing: Maternity, Paternity, Shared Parental, Adoption, Sickness etc
• Manipulation of data within Excel, V-Look ups and Pivot tables
• Monthly analysis and reconciliation of pay & benefits.
• Reconciliation of accounts
• Calculation of PAYE, NI, Pension, Gross pay, and Statutory payments within required deadlines
• Liaising regularly with Staff, Managers & Directors
• Dealing efficiently with queries throughout the payroll process
• Processing employee expenses, EMS, in line with Company Policy & HMRC tax rules
• Administration duties in respect of third-party employee accommodation booking system, Roomex

Key Skills

• Previous extensive experience of end-to-end Payroll processing
• Knowledge of Payroll and Pensions regulations and legislation
• Good working knowledge of payroll systems and databases
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload to effectively to meet deadlines
• Detailed knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• CIPD (or equivalent) qualification minimum level 3
• Strong interpersonal skills

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (increasing after 2 years’ service by 1 day up to a max of 29 days per annum) plus bank holidays
• Discretionary Annual Bonus
• Company Pension Scheme – in line with auto enrolment – Company matched to 5% after 6 months
• Medicash Health Benefit
• Life Assurance
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes