20 Oct
Elevation Recruitment Group
Leeds
Job description
Elevation Accountancy and Finance are excited to be working with a fantastic client of ours in the central Leeds area as they look to recruit a Payroll Officer into their team on a full time, Fixed Term Contract basis to cover a period of maternity leave.
The primary focus of this role is assisting in the seamless and accurate delivery of 5 UK based payrolls, supported by an effective and efficient payroll service to over 10,000 employees.
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Responsible for monitoring cut-off dates and ensuring all information is received in advance of the prescribed deadlines
- Liaising where required with representatives from the HR department to ensure all information is received as required
- Sound awareness of tax and national insurance calculations, understanding the manual calculation of these and other statutory deductions
- Basic knowledge of pensions and salary sacrifice schemes
- Good appreciation for all statutory obligations within the Payroll function, including all e-filing submission and payment obligations
- Assistance in the production of payslips (paper and e-payslips) for secure issue
- Assistance with reconciling starters, leavers and transfers into the payroll system.
- Responsible for issuing e-P60s to employees and ensuring final payments are processed adhering to set deadlines.
Person Specification :
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate professionally with colleagues, customers and business partners
- The desire to work as part of a team
- Experience of working within a people focused business
- Experience of working within a busy Payroll Department within a medium to large organisation
- An understanding of the legislation of payroll procedure
- Ability to demonstrate a systematic and procedural approach
- Good working knowledge of MS office tools particularly with Excel and Word
▶️ Payroll Officer (Fixed Term Contract)
🖊️ Elevation Recruitment Group
📍 Leeds