Payroll Administrator - 12 Months Full Time Contract

www.topfinancialjobs.co.uk - Jobboard; Rushden; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Payroll Specialist for a 12-month full-time contract based in Northampton. The role focuses on managing payroll functions, ensuring compliance, and providing expert guidance in payroll administration. Candidates should possess extensive payroll experience and skills in decision-making and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Extensive payroll administration and support experience.
• Proven success in driving process and procedural change initiatives.
• In-depth technical knowledge in payroll.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll functions, including calculating employee pay and taxes.
• Provide guidance and support to employees on payroll matters.
• Ensure compliance with statutory filings.

Skills

Payroll administration

Decision-making

Process improvement

Technical expertise

Job description

This role is responsible for specialist payroll support in the delivery of the UK and Crown Dependency payrolls. The role manages critical payroll activities to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of the monthly payroll, such as running the gross to net calculations, providing input to change projects (both business and government-led), and administering legislative documentation such as P60 and P11D. The role also provides effective management of escalations for the tier 2 payroll team, offering guidance and support until resolution.

To be successful as a Payroll Specialist, you must have experience with:

• Extensive payroll administration and support experience at an expert level.
• Decision-making that takes accountability for policy, legislation, operational performance, and team deliverables.
• Proven success in driving process and procedural change initiatives from conception to implementation.

You may be assessed on key skills such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology skills, as well as job-specific technical expertise.

This is a 12-month full-time contract based in Northampton.

Purpose of the role

Manage payroll functions, including calculating employee pay, withholding taxes, deductions, maintaining accurate records, and resolving complex pay queries.

Accountabilities

• Processing payroll for various employee types, calculating taxes, contributions, and processing payments.
• Managing employee payroll records and troubleshooting issues.
• Providing guidance and support to employees on payroll matters.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory filings and managing responses to government notices.
• Handling payroll statutory reporting and liaising with tax authorities.

Analyst Expectations

• Perform activities timely and to high standards, driving continuous improvement.
• Possess in-depth technical knowledge and experience in the area of expertise.
• Lead and support team development, allocate work, and coordinate resources.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen & Be authentic, Energize & Inspire, Align & Develop others.
• Develop technical expertise and act as an advisor.
• Impact related teams' work, partner across functions, and take responsibility for operational results.
• Escalate policy breaches, embed new policies, and influence decision-making.
• Manage risks, controls, and compliance with regulations and codes of conduct.
• Understand how their sub-function contributes to organizational objectives.
• Make evaluative judgments, resolve problems, and communicate effectively with stakeholders.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays' values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, along with the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.