Payroll Officer

HM TREASURY; Norwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A government finance department based in Norwich is seeking a Payroll Officer to manage the payroll cycle for HM Treasury and associated departments. The role involves handling pay affecting transactions, overseeing junior team members, and ensuring accurate payroll processing according to guidelines. The position offers benefits such as flexible working patterns, generous annual leave, a defined pension scheme with high employer contributions, and access to a cycle-to-work scheme.

Benefits

25 days annual leave (increasing with service)

Flexible working patterns

Generous parental and adoption leave

Defined Benefit pension scheme

Cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme

Active staff networks

Qualifications

• Ability to work autonomously within strict deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and customer focus.
• Experience in payroll processing and handling complex pay issues.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the effective running of the monthly payroll cycle.
• Calculate overpayments and manage repayment plans.
• Line manage junior team members.
• Oversee employee benefits packages.
• Ensure accurate payroll processing per departmental policy.
• Resolve complex pay-related matters.

Skills

Attention to detail

Verbal communication

Written communication

Customer focus

Job description

Do you have experience of working on a fast-paced payroll function, processing high volumes of data? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

About the Team

HM Treasury’s Group Finance Team comprises approximately 50 staff. The team provides high quality advice covering strategic finance, financial management, financial reporting, counter fraud & risk for internal use, payroll and accurate information for Parliamentary control and public accountability purposes.

The payroll team is a small but key team based in Norwich. The team provides the payroll function for HM Treasury employees and the employees of 5 further government departments. We value our people and collective team spirit to enable us to deliver high-quality services to our customers. Our modern office is set in beautiful surroundings in Thorpe St Andrew. You’ll benefit from bespoke technology, free on-site car parking, public transport from the city centre, an onsite gym and supermarket, cafe and gym/swimming pool all within close walking distance.

About the Job

In this role, you will:

• Assist in the effective running of the monthly payroll cycle for HM Treasury and 5 Arms Lengths Bodies (6 payrolls in total). Ensuring pay affecting transactions are processed to the effective monthly deadline.
• Calculate overpayments and correspond with employees to arrange effective repayment plans.
• Line Manage junior team members.
• Oversee the employee benefits packages including Cycle to Work, Payroll Giving and Childcare Vouchers.
• Undertake quality assurance and corrective activities to ensure payroll is processed accurately in accordance with departmental policy and process guidelines, including uploading daily interfaces, accuracy checks of payroll instructions, previews and reconciliation checks.
• Resolve complex pay related matters, engaging with the 3rd party payroll provider as required to advise on or administer solutions.

About You

You will be able to work autonomously within strict deadlines and balance a busy and diverse workload with competing priorities. You will have strong attention to detail and be customer focused building effective working relationships with partners at all levels through strong verbal and written communication.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 28%
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at [e-mail]