Payroll Analyst

AWE; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

AWE is seeking a Payroll Analyst in Reading to deliver a accurate payroll service for staff and pensioners. You will input data, manage changes, and maintain compliance with regulations while supporting a flexible, hybrid working arrangement.

The role involves liaising with internal teams and external bodies, generating reports, and ensuring timely payroll processing while protecting data confidentiality. AWE emphasizes continuous process improvement and professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience using best practice financial management processes and tools.
• Experience on complex payroll systems.
• Minimum of four years of payroll experience.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Experience in a fast-paced payroll environment.
• Organising and prioritisation of tasks.
• Coaching and developing a payroll team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accuracy of payments to employees and pensioners.
• Liaise with employees, pensioners, external bodies and internal departments.
• Input payroll data and process changes within defined timescales.
• Prepare and issue reports and presentation materials as required.
• Maintain confidentiality of payroll data.
• Provide information to external agencies as required.
• Assist with HMRC forms and tax code updates.

Skills

Payroll knowledge

MS Office

Process improvement

Team coaching

Prioritisation

Fast-paced environment

Tools

Workday

Job description

Payroll Analyst

Location: Reading, with free onsite parking.

Package: Starting from £29,140

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply.

Ready to play your part?

At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?

As a Payroll Analyst, your be responsible for the provision of an efficient and effective payroll service ensuring customers (staff and pensioners) are paid accurately and on time in accordance with company and statutory regulations. To maintain and input payroll information in an accurate and timely manner.

Duties to include:

• Ensure accuracy of payments to employees/pensioners.
• Liaison with employees, pensioners, external bodies, and internal departments.
• Act as Information Management point of contact, providing support and guidance to the Payroll Team.
• Accountable for collating, developing, and issuing reports and presentation materials in accordance with company standards as and when required against key deliverables.
• Accountable for developing and maintaining working relationships with, and awareness of, key internal and external stakeholders.
• Accountable for appropriate management of sensitive or classified material.

Responsibilities to include:

• Manage weekly/monthly payroll data in the Business System in accordance with statutory and contractual obligations and to pre-defined timescales.
• Process and monitor all staffing changes including starters, secondments, transfers, leavers and other amendments to salaries and employee data in a compliance with policy and payroll requirements.
• Manage input, calculation and recording of sickness payment both statutory and occupational.
• Manage input, calculation and recording of maternity, paternity, SHPL and adoption payments both statutory and occupational.
• Manage input, calculation and recording of Fixed and Casual allowances payments and adjustments.
• Manage balance adjustments and prepare PLO11.
• Settlement agreements, Pension amendments on notional pay for SMP and SPL.
• Overtime payments and adjustments, Cyclamen reporting of OSR and over payment adjustments.
• The checking and processing of travel and expense claims in accordance with policy.
• The processing of relevant HMRC forms including P45, P60 and manage adjustments and Tax code updates.
• Manage all Coulport imputing and adjustments.
• Checking and entering all temp data including HHA amendments.
• Prepare information to assist in the provision of information to external agencies in relation to mortgage reference etc as required.
• Advise employees, pensioners and managers on payroll issues as first point of contact for enquiries.
• Archiving of payroll data in accordance with Information Management policy.
• Administration of Childcare Salary Sacrifice Scheme, 3RD party payments and court orders.
• Protection of confidentiality of data.
• Responsible for providing continuous improvement of processes, procedures and practices related to the role.
• Responsible for ensuring understanding of responsibilities and demonstrates appropriate behaviours in line with the Company's Environment, Health, Safety, Security and Quality and Ethics Standards.
• Responsible for undertaking other duties as reasonably required from time to time by line and task management.
• Provide data for ICAF controls and attend walkthroughs.

Who are we looking for?

• Experience of using best practice financial management processes, tools
• and techniques.
• Experience on complex payroll systems.
• Minimum of four years of Payroll Experience,
• Use of Workday business system would be beneficial.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Working in a fast-paced payroll environment.
• Organising and prioritisation of tasks.
• Coaching and development of team.

Work hard, be rewarded

We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

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