Job Title: Payroll Officer
Location: Morpeth, Northumberland
Salary: £ 22,553 full time/pro-rata for part time
Job type: Part-time (min 20 hours) – Fixed term contract (9-months)
Closing Date: 8th June 2023
The Role:
Would you like to work at the heart of NHS Primary Care as part of a committed, dedicated team? We are looking for someone to manage our payroll service as part of the Finance team with an immediate start.
Valens Medical Partnership is the largest family doctor-led GP Practice in the Northeast, looking after the healthcare needs of around 52,000 patients across Northumberland.
Our surgeries are situated in Ashington, Cramlington, Lynemouth, Morpeth, Newbiggin, Pegswood, Seaton Deleval and Seaton Sluice. You will be based at our Morpeth surgery.
Working hours are flexible; allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs.
The role is to manage and prepare the payroll and pensions for our 160 employees, including our clinical and non-clinical workforce.
Main Duties:
- The capture, input, and processing of payroll calculations, including:
- maintaining employee data
- changes in working patterns
- leavers and joiners
- statutory and occupational sickness and maternity payments
- changes in NHS pension tier rates
- accurate pay scales in accordance with NHS bands
- review and analysis of salary data before release of funds; including creating payroll journal entries for input into accounts software
- preparation and submission of:
- RTI submissions
- HMRC and Pension payments
- monthly NHS and NEST Pension submissions
- benefits in Kind reporting
- calculation and payment of overtime and expense claims:
- run reports, analyse claims (within HR software)
- liaise with managers for authorisations
- process on payroll software
- Proactively collaborate with other teams and peers to identify any process initiatives and new ways of working
- be readily accessible to support employees on a real time basis with questions they may have around salaries and pensions
- manage the payroll software keeping this up to date with any required changes
- perform and other required office/clerical duties
Ideal candidate:
We are looking for someone who is self-motivated and able to remain calm under pressure. You will be expected to have a good working knowledge of payroll and pensions, as well as:
- Confident use of HR and payroll software
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and high personal and professional standards
- An ability to take responsibility in an innovative and proactive manner, applying problem solving skills where required
- Experience of operating to strict deadlines
- Good understanding of Microsoft Office, in particular, Excel
Benefits:
We offer excellent staff benefits and a positive, supportive working environment:
- Starting leave allowance of 25 days pro-rata, which increases to 6 weeks with length of service
- Contractual sick pay which increases with length of service
- Option to join the NHS Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of 14.38%
- Flexible working opportunities
- Staff wellbeing initiatives throughout the year
- Regular training and CPD opportunities
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Payroll Specialist, Payroll Administrator, Senior Payroll Administrator, Accounts Clerk, Payroll, Finance Clerk, Part Qualified Accountant, Payroll Admin, Payroll Executive and HR may also be considered for this role.
