Senior Payroll Officer

Temporary Senior Payroll Officer

Job Ref: Avon & Somerset BL TCL 359230

Pay Rate: £13.35 per hour PAYE

Hours per week: 37 Monday - Friday, normal working hours

Role Length: This opening assignment is for 15 months

City: PORTISHEAD

NPPV Level 2 Vetting

Blended working

NB: Police Vacancy - only for candidates with a minimum of 5 years continuous UK address history. This vacancy is subject to a strict security vetting procedure.

Support the Payroll & Pensions Manager for the delivery of a high-quality efficient and effective payroll and pension service. Provide sound professional advice and support, covering a wide range of personnel and payroll issues.

Act as a subject matter expert in relation to payroll and pension, ensuring a responsive and comprehensive service to Clients, providing daily input as required to support the delivery of the Payroll function. To supervise Payroll Officers working within a larger team delivering a Payroll Service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the delivery of the Payroll and Pension service to the Constabulary within process, policy and legislation.
• Lead and support organisational, directorate, departmental or team projects ensuring payroll and pension advice is provided to improve the service provision.
• Ensure compliance with all pension and statutory regulations including reporting.
• Participate in the continuous review and maintenance of all payroll controls.
• Ensure all transactions are processed and follow-up actions carried out in accordance with relevant timescales and procedures, checking exception reports after the pay run.
• Ensure the accuracy of each payroll prior to BACS transmission.
• Support the payroll team in interpreting statutory maternity/paternity/adoption regulations for staff and officers.
• Identify and investigate any anomalies and ensure queries are promptly resolved. Provide service in accordance with agreed working practices.
• Participate in the review of business processes to ensure compliance with legislation, policies, pension regulations, and the payroll software solution. Identify any changes as necessary, working with wider stakeholders including HR and Finance to ensure interdependencies between all areas are considered.

Qualification:

• BTEC Higher National Diploma or Certificate in Business Studies or an NVQ at Level 3 or 4 or equivalent would be an advantage.
• A good standard of general education with a minimum of 5 GCSE passes including Maths and English or equivalent through experience.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge and experience of working within a HR / Payroll services environment and delivering high-quality, customer-focused services.
• Thorough understanding and daily usage of ICT systems, word processing and spreadsheet packages, and periodic usage of databases is required.

Experience:

• Previous payroll experience.
• Proven experience of end-to-end payroll processing, delivering a high-quality, customer-focused service.
• Experience of resolving complex payroll issues ensuring compliance with appropriate statutory regulations.
• Experience in using different computer software including a HR/Payroll or ERP solution.

Skills & Abilities:

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good time management skills to enable completion of tasks within tight timescales.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills – the ability to communicate with service users, Clients, outside organisations and other employees.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.