Job Title: Payroll Manager
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Part-time, Permanent
The College has an incredible sense of community among its staff which can be felt immediately. The fascination of our setting is lasting and the Good Schools Guide describes the College as: “A successful, flourishing, dependable school with real spiritual heart.”
Our 400-acre site with its large leafy grounds, impressive playing fields and attractive school buildings offers modern facilities in a country setting, providing a safe and stimulating environment for young minds. With excellent transport links and only 30 minutes by train to central London stations, the College is 20 minutes’ drive from junction 25 of the M25, immediately off the A10. Also within easy access is London Stansted airport, which is a 20-minute drive.
The Role
The main responsibility is to ensure the effective and efficient payroll role and proactively contribute to the smooth running of the Accounts Department.
Responsibilities include
Payroll Responsibilities
- Creation and maintenance of staff accounts within the finance system.
- Preparation of maternity schedules/term time adjustments schedules.
- Process pay increases and or changes.
- Process tax code changes/ student loan deductions.
- Enrol members into the TP and Standard Life Pension schemes and manage the auto enrolment process for opt outs.
- Process timesheets.
- Calculate salaries for part time/ pro rata staff.
- Create salary sacrifice calculations.
- Run payroll routine within finance package.
- Review the monthly payroll data with Deputy Bursar.
- Create monthly supplier payment requests for Pensions/Taxation and attachment of earnings.
- Generate and distribute monthly payslips/P45, annual P60.
- Send payroll bacs file via payment software.
- Submission of RTI and MCR reports.
- Submission of Standard Life pension deductions.
- Generate payroll period end.
- Dealing with payroll queries.
- Reconciliation of monthly payroll reports to nominal ledger.
- Complete annual P11D returns.
- Monthly variance analysis actual results to payroll budget.
- Assist Deputy Bursar with termly payroll salary forecasts.
- Assist Deputy Bursar with the production of the annual payroll budget.
General Responsibilities
- Providing cover during staff absence and leave.
- Dealing with mail, opening and sorting.
- Maintaining efficient filing and other information systems.
- Carrying out general office duties, including photocopying and filing
Ideal candidate
- Must have comprehensive understanding of tax and payroll laws.
- Attention to detail
- A high level of accuracy
- The ability to work independently
Benefits
- Excellent catering facilities including school lunches during term time when the kitchens are open. Cakes and biscuits during break times in the staff common room and hot drinks machines.
- Use of the College sports facilities when not in use by students, including the gym.
- Free parking.
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discretionary closure of the College between Christmas and New Year (in addition to annual leave).
- An increase to 25 days'(FTE) annual leave following 5 years’ service plus public holidays.
- Lieu time is accrued when working beyond contractual hours. These hours can be taken off throughout the year, in addition to annual leave.
- Pension: Employee contribution 4% College contribution 8.5%.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Payroll Officer, Senior Payroll Administrator, Payroll Accountant, Payroll, Senior Payroll Executive, Payroll Coordinator may also be considered for this role.
