Job Title: Payroll Specialist – Maternity Cover
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Salary: £35,000 – £40,000 per annum (pro rata)
Job Type: Part Time (26 hours per week), Fixed Term Contract (6 – 12 months)
Working Hours: 9.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday + some on call
The company is an exciting, fast growing technology company providing large enterprises, who operate or use Contact Centre services, with innovative Customer Engagement solutions and Secure Payment services. Their clients include some of the largest and best-known brands across the world.
Today, their aim is simple: To help clients make every contact centre experience satisfying and secure for consumers. Come and discover what’s refreshingly different about them.
Their Culture:
They work in an award winning, colourful, dynamic and collaborative environment where you will find flexibility, an open plan office and excellent opportunities for career growth. Their cross-departmental teams work on exciting projects, releasing new technologies to a wide range of clients.
With over 250 colleagues spread across the globe, they are a friendly bunch with a lot of knowledge and exciting plans. They are serious about what they do, but they certainly have a sense of humour. They are brimming with friendly, energetic and creative individuals, who are proud to be a part of their unique success story.
Their values sit at the heart of their culture and are summarised below.
- They Encourage and support everyone to grow
- They Challenge, listen, and are open minded to change and suggestions from others.
- As trusted advisors, they use their Knowledge to solve challenges and deliver the best for clients
- They take personal Ownership to strive for excellence in whatever they do
- They are welcoming, embrace diversity and respect each other in a spirit of true Humanity
The Role:
They’re looking for a Payroll Specialist to cover Maternity Leave. You will join a creative team dedicated to delivering contact centre customer engagement and secure payment solutions.
In your role as a Payroll Specialist you will be a key member of a busy Finance Team reporting to the Head of Finance, and you will be responsible for all aspects of payroll as well as working alongside the HR team. On a personal level, you will be a great team player with well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
Key responsibilities:
Monthly Payroll
- Take ownership and responsibility for delivering payroll in line with the agreed payroll calendar
- To process new starters, leavers, pay changes, statutory payments, termination, and pension payments as required
- Develop relationships with payroll software provider ADP
- Running reports and analysing pay data prior to payroll commit using advanced excel skills
- To process pay allowances, understanding their significance and compliance with HMRC legalisation
- Process share agreements on 6 monthly bases
- To process statutory payments: SMP, SPP SAP etc.
- To process pay amendments received from HMRC
- Manage Payroll BIKS and reconcile against monthly invoices
- To prepare and input all variable pay data to include overtime and commission payments
- To reconcile payroll reports for BACS payments
- Reconcile ADP post commit back to HMRC Government gateway
Pension
- Pension Scheme assessment and payments, opt outs and joiners
Payroll Year End
- Completion of payroll year end returns and reporting
- Preparation of annual PSA calculations
- Preparation of P11Db returns
Other
- Dealing with payroll queries as required
Key Requirements:
Essentials
- Sound knowledge of UK PAYE legislation is required
- Knowledge of ADP payroll is advantageous
- Experience of documenting business processes and controls
- An ability to multitask and perform under tight deadlines
- Possess an eye for attention to detail
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent numeracy skills, Advanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills
- A self-motivated and proactive approach with the ability to juggle a demanding workload and manage priorities.
Desirables
- CIPP is desirable but not essential
Company benefits
- Holiday allowance which increases with service
- Life insurance
- Simply Health scheme
- Access to group Bupa membership scheme
- Pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Employee Recognition schemes
- Free tea, coffee, fresh fruit and snacks
- Relaxation floor (lunch area, quiet room, pool table, Xbox)
- Well-being initiatives, such as in-house Reflexology and Sports Massage
- Discounted offers
- Team days and Volunteering events
- Christmas & summer company events
- Focused on education and training (conference attendance, higher education sponsorship)
Please click the APPLY button to send your CV & Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Payroll Officer, Senior Payroll Administrator, Accounts Clerk, Payroll, Finance Clerk, Payroll Executive, HR and Payroll Specialist, Payroll Admin, Payroll Coordinator will also be considered for this role.
