Payroll Administrator

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Pensions Payroll Administrator to join this professional organisation on an initial 9 month fixed term contract basis, with the possibility of becoming permanent.

Working as part of the Pensions Administration Department in providing the provision of pensioner payrolls services to deliver an efficient and effective service to the companies clients and their members as a member of the Payroll team (currently 6 in the team). The successful candidate will be at a level to be able to check more junior team members work load if required.

The role is a full time position working Monday to Friday on a hybrid basis (2 days in the office and 3 from home).

Duties

1. Manual calculations
2. Resolving queries on payroll
3. Talking to pensioners and clients on phones
4. Calling HMRC on behalf of pensioners
5. Prepare and manage the pensioner payroll process for client payrolls in line with procedures (currently 55 payrolls)
6. To be responsible for a portfolio of payrolls to process from start to finish.
7. Ensure payroll changes are recorded correctly on the work management system and processed according to agreed procedures.
8. Reconciliation of payroll costs and changes against Pensions Admin System
9. Ensuring PAYE for pension schemes is paid within deadlines
10. Completion of Year end processing and distribution of P60s (including online p60s)
11. Ensure payments to pensioners, HMRC & 3rd party bodies are made on a timely basis and within agreed controls
12. Answer queries from pensioners, colleagues, partners & clients and 3rd party bodies accurately and timely
13. Ensure compliance with agreed payroll deadlines and escalate any payrolls that are falling behind deadlines
14. Support Payroll Team on payroll matters, resolving complex queries and checking basic queries
15. Maintain payroll and ancillary systems
16. Provide assistance with ad-hoc payroll projects such as setting up payrolls for new clients and managing transitions to other payroll systems (exits)
17. Advise and assist Client Teams on payroll matters
18. To issue payslips to pensioners timely ensuring these are sent to the confirmed up to date address. Check and load online payslips onto the client website.
19. Checking junior team members work loads

Skills required

1. The successful candidate will ideally have previous experience of running payrolls (normal or pension payrolls).
2. Strong accuracy and attention to detail.
3. Ability to work well as part of a team, and on own initiative
4. Good communication skills
5. Good attention to detail
6. Well organised
7. Hands on with a can-do attitude
8. Strong math skills with an ability to spot numerical errors
9. Excel to intermediate level

Previous experience/qualifications

1. Experience of Payroll (essential), preferably Pensioner but not essential
2. Reconciliation of payroll (essential)