Payroll Specialist

Iberdrola; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Payroll Specialist to enhance their People & Organisation Shared Services team. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the entire payroll process, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements while providing exceptional service to employees. Your expertise in payroll calculations and Oracle systems will be crucial as you manage payroll governance and resolve employee queries. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a company committed to sustainability and innovation, with a focus on renewable energy and community engagement. Join a diverse team dedicated to creating a better future and enjoy a competitive salary along with various benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary reviewed annually

Diverse career opportunities

Support for candidates with disabilities

Focus on inclusion and diversity

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in Payroll with expertise in PAYE and National Insurance.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Payroll and advanced Excel skills required.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations.
• Resolve payroll queries from employees and provide accurate information.

Skills

PAYE calculation

National Insurance calculations

SSP, OSP, SMP, OMP regulations

BACS returns

Oracle Payroll module

Advanced Excel skills

Communication skills

Time management

Organizational skills

Education

3+ years experience in Payroll

Tools

Oracle HR and Payroll system

MS Office suite

Job description

Payroll Specialist

Help us create a better future, quicker

ScottishPower are hiring a Payroll Specialist to join our People & Organisation Shared Services team.

Reporting to the Payroll Manager you’ll provide effective, efficient, and professional Payroll service throughout the full employee lifecycle via various contract channels to all employees across the ScottishPower (SP) UK business.

You’ll manage the simulation and subsequent processing of the payroll to include validating and processing salary payments and deductions including pensions for SP payroll meeting all statutory and business requirements and timescales.

This includes the verification, reconciliation and input of non-statutory and statutory deductions and all HMRC legislative requirements. All these activities require to be carried out within appropriate control, compliance safety and legislative requirements.

You’ll work to ensure that payroll governance and approvals are adhered to and act as an expert in payroll process and ensure all processes and transactions are completed in an accurate and timely manner in line with agreed SLA’s/KPI’s.

As a contributing team member, you’ll take responsibility for specific payroll processing on a rotational basis with the ability to run a complete payroll ensuring all reports and reconciliations including pay, tax, NIC and deductions are completed. This includes reconciliation, BACS returns, 3rd party payments, HMRC/RTI Reporting are completed within strict payroll deadlines.

Additionally, you’ll be responsible for;

• Inputting P45, New starter forms and P6 changes to records in Oracle HR and Payroll system,
• Validate SSP, OSP, SMP, OMP and process input as required to ensure accuracy of payments to employees whilst ensuring statutory and business control requirements,
• Own and resolve queries from employees relating to payroll whilst maintaining good standards of customers service,
• Provide accurate information to solicitors, pension providers and administrators as required whilst not compromising data protection responsibilities and other statutory or business requirements,
• Project support on Legislative updates and system patches from HMRC, working alongside the systems team to deliver updates including testing and verification,
• Support the delivery of projects to improve payroll system, processes, and procedures and continually strive to improve the quality of service provided.

It is essential for candidates to have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Payroll environment and be an experienced user of Oracle Payroll module with strong PC skills such as advanced working knowledge of Excel and working knowledge of all other aspects of the MS Office suite.

We are looking for candidates with experienced skills and working knowledge of:

• Expert knowledge of PAYE calculation, documentation and returns required,
• Expert knowledge of National Insurance calculations, documentation and returns required,
• Expert knowledge of SSP, OSP, SMP, OMP regulations, documentation and returns required,
• Expert knowledge of BIK and P11D documentation and returns required,
• Working knowledge of the legal aspects of payroll.

You’ll be an excellent communicator with effective influencing skills who can liaise with internal and external stakeholders professionally and effectively. You’ll have strong time management and organisational skills including the ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines.

You’ll be a team player with a can-do attitude and a detailed and quality orientated individual who can analyse and report on data for your customers and business alike.

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits.

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [e-mail].