Payroll Coordinator

Belmont Recruitment; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Belmont Recruitment seeks a Payroll Coordinator for Tyne and Wear Fire Service on a temporary 3-month contract. The position is full-time, Monday to Friday, focusing on salary payments, payroll processing, and auditing within the payroll system. Successful candidates will demonstrate payroll experience, attention to detail, and organizational skills, with additional knowledge of SAP being beneficial.

Qualifications

• Payroll experience is essential.
• Experience with SAP is desirable.
• Understanding of statutory HMRC payments is important.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing and processing salary payments in accordance with procedures.
• Monitor and audit payment of salaries for personnel.
• Administer and control car user schemes and other expenses.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Efficiency

Report writing

Education

Payroll experience

Experience with SAP

Understanding of tax/NI calculations

Job description

Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for a Payroll Coordinator to join Tyne and Wear Fire Service on an initial 3 month temporary contract. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday in Washington, Sunderland.

The Role:

• Assist in the management and processing of the payment of salaries for all personnel in accordance with procedures including the correct treatment of PAYE, taxable allowances, VAT etc.
• Ensure that starters, leavers, transfers and changes are processed accurately and promptly, and accounted for correctly.
• Be responsible for monitoring and auditing the payment of salaries for all personnel.
• Effectively administer, control and monitor the Essential, Casual and Occasional Car User Schemes, and any other allowances and expenses.
• Carry out periodic payroll reconciliations and controls ensuring salary adjustments and recovery are managed appropriately.
• Provide general advice and guidance regarding payroll queries, by transferring complex information so that it can be understood by a variety of personnel.
• Be responsible for ensuring quality of data and information within the payroll system by undertaking verification and audit exercises as required.

Requirements:

• Payroll experience (essential)
• Experience working with SAP (desirable)
• Tax/NI calculations and understanding of statutory HMRC payments
• Attention to detail, efficiency and organisational skills
• Ability to process bulk data on tight timescales
• Report writing

If this role would be of interest to you, please apply with an up to date CV as soon as possible!