Job Title: Payroll & Pensions Officer
Location: Hulme, Manchester
Salary: £23,730 – £25,894 per annum depending on experience
Job Type: Part time (Full time candidates will be considered), Permanent
Hours of Work: 22.5 hours per week over 3 days – there is flexibility for full time hours
Closing Date: Friday 4th November 2022
Purpose of the role:
Provision of an effective and efficient Payroll and Pensions service. Covering all aspects of payroll and pensions administration, ensuring staff are paid on time in accordance with their contract of employment while remaining fully compliant with statutory requirements and financial regulations.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Preparation of monthly payroll
- Checking of monthly payroll reports provided by the bureau
- Working with the bureau to ensure that any errors are rectified
- Submission of monthly pension contribution submissions to GMPF and Teachers Pensions
- Month end reporting and reconciliations
- Work with the Payroll Bureau to ensure that pension schemes are administered in accordance with relevant schemes’ specifications
- Process the Monthly Data Collection for Teachers’ Pensions
- Maintenance of Auto Enrolment as per the legislation
- End to end administration of the annual Support Staff Standards Payment
- Administration of staff pay rises including pay awards and annual pay spine increases
- Preparation and publishing of the Gender Pay Gap report
- Preparation of the End of Year Certificate for Teacher Pensions
- Dealing with routine pay and pension queries from staff of the College
- End to end administration of the College Cycle to Work, Technology and other salary sacrifice schemes
- Attendance at relevant training courses to keep up to date with legislation and processes
- Assistance with ad hoc reports
- Liaison with auditors where necessary on any areas of payroll and/or pensions
- Ensuring that all data is accurate and processed in line with GDPR guidelines
- Supporting wider cross college events and initiatives as appropriate
The Candidate:
Experience:
- Previous experience of a payroll and pensions role within an educational environment
- Previous experience of working in collaboration with a payroll bureau (Desirable)
Skills and Knowledge:
- Proficiency in working with standard office applications such as MS Word, Excel and Outlook
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills
- Ability to prioritise and multitask
- Ability to manage own workload
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- The ability to maintain quality and organisational procedures
- The ability to recognise and appreciate the confidential nature of some work undertaken
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to empathise with 16-19 year olds within a college situation
- Evidence of commitment to Continuous Professional Development
- Experienced Excel user (e.g. pivot tables, VLOOK UP)(Desirable)
Qualifications:
- Educated to A-Level or equivalent, or substantial relevant experience that demonstrates a high order or literacy, numeracy and analytical skills
Staff Benefits:
- Free secure on-site parking
- Cycle to Work and Technology schemes
- Free onsite fitness classes including Yoga and Pilates
- Free tea and coffee in all staffrooms and subsidised Starbucks pod on campus
- Free staff lunch and refreshments on inset days
- Access to wellbeing services such as private physio and virtual GP appointments through our enhanced Occupational Health package
- End of term all-staff celebration lunch
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Candidates with the experience and relevant job titles of: Payroll Officer, Payroll Administrator, Pensions Administrator, Accounts Clerk, Payroll, Finance Clerk, Payroll Executive, HR and Payroll Specialist, Payroll Admin, Payroll Coordinator, HR Assistant, HR Administrator, HR Advisor ; may also be considered for this role.
