Finance Officer Payroll (6 month Fixed Term Contract)

Methodist Church; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent religious organization in Greater London is seeking a full-time Payroll Administrator to manage payroll for staff and pensioners. This role involves ensuring accuracy in tax codes and deductions, reconciling accounts, and responding to payroll queries. The ideal candidate will have exceptional attention to detail, strong communication skills, and a collaborative approach. The organization offers a supportive culture with generous benefits, including a pension scheme and flexible working options.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Occupational pension scheme

Flexible working

Health and Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Demonstrate honesty, integrity, resilience, and commitment to providing excellent service.
• Ability to meet deadlines while remaining calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Administer payrolls for lay staff and pensioners ensuring accuracy.
• Ensure all deductions are applied and remit payments to recipients.
• Prepare payroll summaries and reconcile monthly accounts.
• Update Real Time Information submissions to HMRC.
• Respond to payroll-related queries from staff and other stakeholders.

Skills

Exceptional attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work collaboratively

Job description

Hybrid Working: Connexional Team staff based at Methodist Church House have a hybrid work pattern which is currently 2 days in the office and 3 days remote.

The Vacancy

• Administer payrolls for lay staff ministers and pensioners ensuring accuracy in tax codes entitlements deductions and other adjustments are in line with instructions from HMRC HR circuit treasurers and other clients.
• Ensure that all statutory and voluntary deductions are correctly applied and remit monthly payments to appropriate recipients.
• Prepare and post payroll summaries to the nominal ledger and reconcile control and loan accounts monthly.
• Update and remit Real Time Information submissions (including FPS and EPS) to HMRC and upload tax code changes.
• Reconcile and remit monthly payments to HMRC for income tax National Insurance contributions and other statutory recoveries.
• Generate monthly debit statements respond to payroll-related queries from staff ministers and treasurers and provide payroll information to HR HMRC and other relevant government agencies

About You

• Exceptional attention to detail and strong communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with colleagues stakeholders and volunteers across the Methodist Church.
• Highly organisational with a systematic approach to administrative skills.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and remain calm under pressure with professionalism and tact
• Demonstrate honesty integrity resilience and a commitment to providing an excellent service.

If you meet most but not all the requirements we would encourage you to still apply. You may have other skills and experience that will prove useful. If you have questions about the vacancy please email

Our Culture Values and Benefits

Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.

We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas / NewIL flexi-leave and an on-site Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme with pensions matched up to 8%.

The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups.

If you require reasonable adjustments to made at any stage of the recruitment process please let us know :

Closing Date : 2nd November 2025

Interview Date : 10th November 2025

The Methodist Church

For further information about The Methodist Church please visit our website

Our Calling

The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of Gods love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.

The Church exists to :

Increase the awareness of Gods presence and celebrate Gods love (Worship).

Help people to grow and learn as Christians through mutual support and care (Learning and Caring).

Be a good neighbour to people in need and to challenge injustice (Service).

Make more followers of Jesus Christ (Evangelism).

Our Benefits

• Pension scheme
• Living Wage
• Season ticket loan
• Removal leave
• Annual quiet day
• Eye test vouchers
• Enhanced sick pay
• Flexible working
• 25 days annual leave
• Maternity / paternity pay
• Christmas office closure
• Training and Development
• Health and Wellbeing

Documents

Required Experience :

Unclear Seniority

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1