Pensions Payroll Administrator

Service Care; City Of London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 77,000; Part time

Job summary

Service Care Solutions is recruiting a Pensions Payroll Administrator in London on a temporary basis to support a SAP-focused payroll implementation project. The role involves hands-on testing, process validation, and go-live support, working with HR, Finance and IT teams.

The post requires strong payroll systems knowledge, SAP experience, and familiarity with UAT testing, parallel runs, and pensions knowledge.

Qualifications

• Strong payroll systems knowledge.
• Experience supporting payroll implementations and hands-on testing, including UAT, parallel runs, and comparisons.
• Experience in a payroll environment in public sector, with CIPP qualification and knowledge of pensions desirable.
• Ability to hit the ground running and communicate with stakeholders across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Support User-Acceptance Testing, parallel runs, and testing cycles for the SAP implementation project.
• End-to-end project management responsibilities, from process mapping and documentation, to validation, reconciliations and defect tracking.
• Support configuration and system changes, and provide go-live support.
• Stakeholder coordination across HR, Finance, IT and system integrators.

Skills

SAP

Payroll

UAT testing

Testing cycles

Stakeholder coordination

Communication

Education

CIPP qualification

Pensions knowledge desirable

Tools

SAP payroll module

Job description

SAP Payroll Officer Location: London Contract: Temporary (6 months initial) Salary: £376-£416.08 per day umbrella / £329.49-£364.21 PAYE Inclusive / £300-£325 PAYE Exclusive Start Date: ASAP

Job Description Service Care Solutions are recruiting on behalf of a local authority in London for a Pensions Payroll Administrator to join the team on a temporary basis. The postholder will support the payroll team on a SAP-focused payroll system implementation project, carrying out hands-on testing and validation.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting User-Acceptance Testing, parallel runs, and testing cycles for the SAP implementation project.
• End-to-end project management responsibilities, from process mapping and documentation, to validation, reconciliations and defect tracking.
• Supporting configuration and system changes, and providing go-live support.
• Stakeholder co-ordination across a variety of teams, including HR, Finance, IT and system integrators.

Candidate Criteria

• Strong payroll systems knowledge, with particular expertise in SAP.
• Experience supporting payroll implementations and hands-on testing, including UAT, parallel runs, and comparisons.
• Experience in a payroll environment in public sector, with CIPP qualification and knowledge of pensions being desirable.
• Ability to hit the ground running, and communicate with stakeholders across multiple teams.