Payroll Officer

Essential Employment; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment is seeking a Payroll Officer in Nottingham on a full-time temporary basis, paying £15.31 per hour. The role involves managing payroll and pension systems, ensuring records are accurate and compliant with statutory regulations.

You will process payroll transactions, including expenses and statutory payments, while supporting monthly and year-end processes. The successful candidate will reconcile payroll and pension accounts, maintain records, and produce reports and

Qualifications

• Experience administering payroll and pension systems in line with statutory regulations.
• Ability to process payroll transactions including expenses, statutory payments and absences.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain payroll and pension systems, ensuring records are accurate and compliant.
• Process payroll-related transactions within agreed timescales.
• Reconcile payroll control accounts and pension accounts for accuracy.
• Maintain manual and computerised payroll records and perform reconciliations.
• Produce reports, returns, and management information from payroll data.
• Support month-end, year-end payroll processes and deadlines.
• Assist with statutory returns, accounts, and audits.
• Handle complex payroll enquiries with confidentiality and data protection compliance.
• Identify process improvements and contribute to system enhancements.
• Build relationships with colleagues, pension providers, auditors and external agencies.

Skills

Payroll processing

Pensions administration

Regulatory compliance

Data protection

Tools

Payroll software

Job description

Overview

Payroll Officer needed in Nottingham Paying £15.31 per hr ref OR109409

Full time hours on a temporary basis

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain payroll and pension systems, ensuring all records are accurate, up to date, and compliant with statutory regulations.
• Process payroll-related transactions, including colleague expenses, statutory payments, and absence-related adjustments within agreed timescales.
• Operate and reconcile payroll control accounts, including net pay and pension accounts, ensuring the completeness and accuracy of financial records.
• Maintain manual and computerised payroll records and undertake regular reconciliations, investigating and correcting discrepancies where required.
• Extract, analyse, and interpret payroll and financial data to produce reports, returns, and management information.
• Support monthly, period-end, and year-end payroll processes, ensuring all deadlines and statutory requirements are met.
• Assist in the preparation of statutory returns, financial accounts, and reports, and provide support to internal and external auditors.
• Respond to complex payroll enquiries in a professional and confidential manner, ensuring compliance with Data Protection legislation.
• Identify process improvements and contribute to system enhancements, business transformation initiatives, and the development of payroll procedures and manuals.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, managers, pension providers, auditors, and external agencies.
• Provide cover and support across the wider finance function as required.

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV [e-mail] the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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