Finance Officer - Payroll and Banking

Transform Housing; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined contribution pension scheme

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Buy/sell up to five days annual leave

Discounts via benefits platform

Job summary

Transform Housing seeks a Finance Officer – Payroll and Banking in Leatherhead. You will ensure pay accuracy and timeliness, liaise with staff, HMRC, pension providers and external bodies, and manage banking reconciliations and ledgers.

The role requires strong payroll knowledge, accuracy, and solid Excel skills, with experience in a similar sized organisation. A team player with excellent organisation will thrive in this role.

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge of payroll processes and legislation.
• Real eye for detail and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Experience in a similar role for a company with 100+ employees.
• Intermediate Excel and Microsoft Office; Cascade knowledge desirable.
• Experience working independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and external agencies.
• Support wider finance activities including banking, cash flow and treasury management.

Responsibilities

• Ensure colleagues are paid correctly and on time.
• Be the first point of contact for staff and partner queries (statutory bodies and pension providers).
• Liaise with HMRC, pension companies and external organisations.
• Manage banking functions including daily reconciliations and ledgers updates.
• Collate credit card returns and provide management information as required.

Skills

Payroll knowledge

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Team player

Excel skills

Office suite

Cascade

Tools

Cascade

Job description

Finance Officer – Payroll and Banking

Location: Leatherhead

Salary: £34,000.00 p.a.

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Full time

About Us

We’re a place where people make a difference to clients, feel valued and are supported. We have a strong sense of social responsibility, and our values, respect, empowerment, responsibility and excellence, guide everything we do.

We believe that everyone should be able to live independent and fulfilling lives. We provide housing and support for many socially excluded and vulnerable people across Surrey, in parts of Berkshire, West Sussex and the London Borough of Sutton.

About the Role

You will be responsible for ensuring that your colleagues are paid correctly and on time and be the first point of call for queries from staff and our partners (statutory bodies and pension companies etc.)

The position will involve liaising with HMRC, pension companies and other external organisations.

You will be managing our banking functions, including daily reconciliations, following up on queries and ensuring the ledgers are up to date. This will include collating credit card returns and providing management information where necessary.

About You

We’re ideally looking for someone with:

• A strong technical knowledge of payroll processes and legislation
• A real eye for detail and excellent interpersonal skills
• Proven experience in a similar role for a company with 100+ employees
• An intermediate level of Excel and other Microsoft Office software. Knowledge of Cascade would be highly desirable
• Experience of working on your own but also being a team player
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Ability to communicate effectively with all colleagues and outside agencies
• Support the wider finance activities such as banking, cash flow and treasury management

Why Work At Transform

We want to make sure our people have the flexibility they need to balance their personal lives and do well at work. So, we focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working including flexible hours and working from home where possible.

Our benefits are great too:

• Defined contribution pension scheme
• 28 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holiday (pro rata for part time)
• The opportunity to buy or sell up to five days annual leave per holiday year (pro rata for part time)
• Through our benefits platform access to wide range of discounts on everyday spends

Other Stuff You Need To Know

At Transform we celebrate diversity and know that it is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we’re inclusive. So, if you are great at what you do and share our values, we want to hear from you.

If you need any adjustments made to the application or selection process so you can do your best, let us know. We will be happy to help.

You may have experience in the following: Payroll Officer, Payroll Administrator, Payroll and Banking Officer, Payroll Specialist, Payroll Assistant, Finance Officer, Finance Administrator, Banking Officer, Payroll Accountant, Payroll Manager, etc