Payroll Officer Coventry 9 - 5 pm circa £30000 - £32000 per annum Plus Benefits Ref: 0879

Rose & Young Recruitment Limited; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Rose & Young Recruitment Limited seeks a Payroll Officer (CPP) to join the Finance team in Coventry. You will administer payroll for teaching, administrative and support staff, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality and timely delivery, with a strong focus on education sector requirements.

The role requires CPP qualification, experience in payroll end-to-end, and a solid knowledge of payroll legislation, pensions, and tax.

Qualifications

• CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) qualification required.
• Proven experience in payroll, ideally end-to-end.
• Experience in the education sector preferred.
• Strong understanding of payroll legislation, taxation, pensions and statutory requirements.
• High level of accuracy, confidentiality and data handling.
• Proficiency with payroll and HR systems and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll processes accurately and efficiently.
• Process monthly/biweekly payroll for teaching, administrative and support staff.
• Review and validate payroll data including new starters, leavers and salary changes.
• Ensure payroll calculations are accurate and completed within deadlines.
• Administer pensions, benefits, deductions and related adjustments.
• Maintain accurate and confidential employee payroll records.
• Reconcile payroll reports and investigate discrepancies.
• Prepare payroll reports for Finance and senior management.
• Ensure compliance with payroll legislation, tax requirements and pension regulations.
• Respond promptly to employee payroll queries.
• Work with HR and Finance to keep records up to date.
• Support internal and external payroll audits and process improvements.

Skills

Payroll processing

CPP

Education sector

Education

CPP (Certified Payroll Professional)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Location: Coventry
Employment Type: Full Time – 9 am – 5 pm
Salary: £30,000 - £32,000 per annum
Department: Finance / Payroll
Reports to: Head of HR

About the Role

Payroll Officer with CPP (Certified PayrollProfessional) qualification and a strong background in the education sector to join thefinance team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the accurate and timelyadministration of payroll, ensuring compliance with applicable legislation,policies, and internal procedures. You will bring strong technical payrollknowledge together with an understanding of the complexities of payroll withinan educational environment, including academic staff, support staff, variablecontracts, benefits, deductions, and multiple pay arrangements.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised payrollprofessional who takes pride in accuracy, confidentiality, and delivering ahigh-quality service to employees and management.

Key Responsibilities

Manage the end-to-end payroll processaccurately and efficiently.

Process monthly/biweekly payroll for teaching,administrative, and support staff.

Review and validate payroll data, includingnew starters, leavers, salary changes, promotions, deductions, and contractualamendments.

Ensure payroll calculations are accurate andcompleted within established deadlines.

Administer pensions, benefits, statutorydeductions, garnishments, and other payroll-related adjustments.

Maintain accurate and confidential employeepayroll records.

Reconcile payroll reports and investigate andresolve discrepancies.

Prepare payroll reports and provide relevantinformation to Finance and senior management.

Ensure compliance with payroll legislation,tax requirements, pension regulations, and organisational policies.

Respond professionally and promptly toemployee payroll queries.

Work closely with HR and Finance to ensureemployee records and payroll information are accurate and up to date.

Support internal and external payroll audits.

• Maintain appropriate payroll documentation andensure strong controls are followed.
• Identify opportunities to improve payrollprocesses, systems, and reporting.
• Maintain strict confidentiality when handlingsensitive employee and financial information.

Experience within an educational organisation is highlydesirable. The successful candidate will ideally understand the payrollrequirements associated with schools, colleges, universities, academies, orother education-focused organisations.

Experience working with a diverse workforce, including teaching staff,academic professionals, administrators, and support personnel, would beparticularly valuable.

Essential Qualifications& Experience

• CPP (Certified Payroll Professional)qualification.
• Provenexperience working in payroll, ideally managing payroll from start tofinish.
• Preference to those with experience within theeducation sector.
• Strong understanding of payroll legislation,taxation, pensions, and statutory requirements.
• High level of accuracy and attention todetail.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Excellent organisational and time-managementabilities.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitiveinformation appropriately.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with payroll and HR systems andMicrosoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Ability to work independently whilecollaborating effectively with HR, Finance, and other departments.
• Experience supporting payroll audits andcompliance reviews.
• Experience improving payroll processes orimplementing payroll systems.
• Additional payroll, HR, accounting, or financequalifications.