Payroll Section Manager

Payrolljobsboard; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust is seeking a Payroll Section Manager to oversee payroll processes for various organizations, including the NHS. This role requires significant experience in a Payroll management environment and a relevant degree. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with payroll procedures and providing information to managers and staff. The candidate must possess strong numeracy skills and the ability to work independently.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a support role within NHS Payroll.
• Considerable experience in Payroll management.
• Qualified in Payroll Management or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage a busy Payroll Section ensuring processing of salaries, wages, and pensions.
• Provide payroll information and advice in accordance with policies.
• Responsible for payroll controls, reconciliation, and addressing complex enquiries.

Skills

Numeracy skills

Interpreting figures

Ability to work independently

Education

IPPM Degree in Pensions/ Payroll Management

NVQ level 3 Bereavement Awareness

Tools

Microsoft Office applications

Job description

The Payroll Section Manager will be required to manage a busy Section within Payroll ensuring the processing of salaries, wages, personal expenses, and pensions administration within the Section. The role involves ensuring a comprehensive payroll service is provided to Managers, Human Resources, Finance and all employees of the Trust and other client organisations, including other NHS Trusts, Hospices and University (Deanery).

Main duties of the job

A key characteristic of this role is that it will have the responsibility for supporting a specific management area; however, it will also provide flexible support performing specific tasks in relation to other areas and also key payroll tasks which are Section wide. This will involve the provision of payroll information and advice in accordance with set procedures (NHS and Local Conditions of Service and Statutory Regulations) through completion of own work and through coordination and delegation of work within the Payroll Section/Office.

Responsible for weekly and monthly payroll controls and reconciliation, pay overs to 3rd parties and statutory bodies e.g. Inland Revenue. The Payroll Section Manager ensures that payrolls are processed in accordance with policies and procedures, and investigates complex enquiries providing assistance and advice. Completes Annual Statutory returns in line with Statutory Deadlines. Investigating and answering queries both verbal and written.

About us

The teams cover 10 separate clients providing a payroll and pensions service to the following organisations:

• Leeds Teaching Hospitals
• Leeds & York Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust
• Leeds Hospitals Charity
• The Yorkshire Deanery (Registrars) which is linked to Leeds University
• St. Gemmas Hospice
• Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust
• Calderdale & Huddersfield Health Solutions
• West Yorkshire ICB
• Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
• GP Confederation

The Payroll Department is responsible for processing payments in excess of 55000 per month.

Person Specification

Skills & behaviours

Essential

• Good numeracy skills, competent in processing and interpreting figures. Ability to work within clearly defined operating policies with little direct supervision, considering established precedent. Abi

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications and Training:IPPM Degree in Pensions/ Payroll Management or significant equivalent experience NVQ level 3 Bereavement Awareness or equivalent experience Significant experience in a supp

Desirable

• European Computer Driving Licence (or equivalent) Evidence of Managerial/HR short courses /Qualifications IT Qualifications/evidence of short courses in Microsoft Office applications Staff recruitment

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in a support role within NHS Payroll offering information and advice to managers and other staff. Considerable experience in Payroll. Experience of working within an office envi

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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