Payroll Assistant

Portfolio Payroll Limited; England; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A payroll services organization is looking for an experienced Payroll Assistant in Middlesbrough. The role includes processing monthly payroll information, ensuring accuracy, and addressing queries related to payroll, pensions, and benefits. Required qualifications include experience in payroll administration and Excel skills. This position offers a hybrid working model with excellent benefits including 25 days holiday and additional leave during Christmas.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Additional leave between Christmas & New Year

LGPS pension

Excellent benefits platform

Flexitime

Personal recognition and development schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in Payroll administration.
• Manipulation of data using Excel.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Organized with strong attention to detail.
• Up-to-date knowledge of payroll legislation.
• Ability to deliver payroll, pensions, and benefits.
• Good general systems knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Process all monthly payroll information including starters, leavers, and amendments.
• Handle salary sacrifice schemes and deductions.
• Ensure accuracy of the monthly payroll, rectifying errors efficiently.
• Post monthly payroll to the accounting ledger and perform reconciliation.
• Manage SMP, SSP, OMP processes.
• Handle End of Year Certificate process.
• Administer LGPS returns.
• Address queries relating to pensions auto enrolment.
• Oversee BACS transactions.

Job description

Portfolio Payroll are currently working with an organisation in the Middlesbrough Area who are currently recruiting for a Payroll Assistant. They are looking for someone who has strong experience as a Payroll Administrator or similar with a good understanding of legislation and process.

This is a busy payroll department with a high volume payroll across multiple business entities.

Key Objectives

• To process all monthly payroll information including starters, leavers, amendments
• Salary sacrifice schemes and payments and deductions
• Process,monitor and check the accuracy of the monthly payroll ensuring that any errors are rectified efficiently
• Post the monthly payroll to the accounting ledger and perform a reconciliation of the actual monthly payroll
• SMP, SSP, OMP
• End of Year Certificate process
• LGPS return
• Queries relating to pensions auto enrolment administration
• BACS

Essential Requirements

• Experience In Payroll administration
• Manipulation of data - excel
• Excellent communicator as you will be answering queries
• Organised and strong attention to detail
• Up to date legislation knowledge
• Deliver payroll, pensions and benefits
• Good general systems knowledge

Benefits

• 5 hours
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Additional leave between Christmas & New Year
• LGPS pension
• Excellent benefits platform
• Flexitime
• Personal recognition and development schemes
• 60% on site 40% at home - Hybrid