Senior Payroll Administrator

Jago Consultants; Hebburn; Hybrid; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A large PLC seeks an experienced Senior Payroll Administrator to join their team in a hybrid role. This position involves processing payroll, mentoring a small team, and ensuring compliance with legislation. Ideal candidates will have a keen eye for detail, strong organizational skills, and effective communication abilities.

Benefits

Pension Scheme

Company Benefits Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience as part of a payroll team in a busy office is essential.
• Competent in performing manual calculations.
• Effective communicator at all management levels.

Responsibilities

• Processing holiday, sick, maternity and paternity leave payments.
• Preparation and payment of monthly payrolls for circa 3,500 employees.
• Supervising the work of existing payroll team members.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Organisational Skills

Communication

Manual Calculations

Job description

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Our client is a large PLC, looking for an experienced Senior Payroll Administrator to join their team.

This is a brand position within the company, and will report to the Payroll Manager. You will have a small team of Payroll Administrators reporting to you, and this role will be a combination ofprocessing the monthly payroll as well as mentoring others within the payroll team.

This role will require you to have a keen eye for detail and strong organisational skills. You must be a forward thinker always looking to improve processes and procedures.

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR JOB ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

● Processing holiday, sick, maternity and paternity leave payments.

● Preparation of 2 monthly payrolls and payments of circa 3,500 employees.

● Recording payroll data in the company’s software system.

● Assist with the issuing P45s and other necessary tax forms.

● Ensuring implementation of policies and procedures that comply with all legislation and regulations governing the payment of people.

● Review, manage and resolve payroll queries including the calculation and raising manual payments where required and ensuring they are properly recorded.

● Supervising the work of existing payroll team members.

● Assist with producing monthly and ad hoc reports for key KPIs.

● Advising payroll team members about taxes and employment laws on salary.

● Providing high quality, timely advice, guidance and active assistance to the Payroll Manager, including IR35, ex-pats and executives, able to complete complex manual calculations.

● Oversee all benefits reporting and liaising with third parties.

● Complete the payroll journals and liaise with finance on query resolution.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Assist with the issuing P45s and other necessary tax forms.

● Prior experience as part of a payroll team in a busy office essential.

● Experience of payroll within the motor industry preferred.

● Must be competent in performing manual calculations.

● An effective communicator at all levels of management and staff.

● Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

● Ability to perform within pressurised environment and to work to strict deadlines.

● Must have hands on, Practical approach

HOURS:
Monday to Friday, working 37.5 hours week
Hybrid working if desired (2-days office based, 3-days home based)

PACKAGE:
Basic salary circa £28,000
Pension Scheme
Company Benefits Scheme