Payroll Officer (2 months temporary role)

Payroll Officer (2 months temporary role) Liverpool – Paying between GBP17.50 – GBP21.00 per hour

Our client is based in Liverpool and they are looking for an experienced Payroller to join their team on an ongoing temporary basis for 2 months with an immediate start.

Job Purpose:

Ensure that the company meets its responsibility to staff and external bodies by overseeing the monthly payroll and related tasks and operates its payroll systems in a way that maintains its values, mission, and vision.

• Work with HR to ensure the effective processing of any new starters, leavers, and amendments to contracts for staff.
• Process absences to include holidays, special absences, and sickness which includes statutory obligations and calculations for payments of SSP, SMP, SPP & SHPP.
• Work closely with the finance team and oversee delivery of all payroll tasks, ensuring monthly and 4-weekly payrolls are completed in a timely and accurate manner with all deadlines met.
• Consult with the payroll officer, managers, and employees to resolve payroll queries in a timely manner.
• HMRC submissions for PAYE, NI, Student Loans, Apprenticeship Levy.
• Work with Courts, Councils, DWP, and High Court Officers as required to ensure accurate treatment of Attachments of Earnings deduction.
• ONS survey returns.
• Oversee the hours owing process.
• Complete the over 48 hours report.
• Work with HR and managers to identify any common or repeated errors in the data provided to Payroll and identify ways to resolve.
• Work as part of the finance team to ensure that payroll information is translated and updating the All-Transactions Database at the end of the monthly payroll process, compiling & posting payroll journals and reconcile payroll control accounts.
• Work closely with Finance to resolve any control accounts queries and contribute to the annual audit process.

This role is offered on a 5-day week and will be hybrid with 3 days in the office/2 days WFH.

The Person:

• You will have strong payroll skills and will have worked in a previous payroll role.
• You will show demonstrable knowledge and experience of payroll legislation.
• Strong IT skills are required, including demonstrable experience of using payroll, finance, and spreadsheet systems.
• You must be available at short notice as an immediate start (or within a week) is required.