Payroll Specialist

The Role

• Manage monthly payroll processes, including overtime, promotions, and allowances, while ensuring compliance with deadlines.
• Collaborate with the Employee Support Manager on HR/payroll projects and resolve payroll discrepancies promptly.
• Ensure the accuracy of employee data in HR systems and facilitate timely processing of transactions.
• Address ad hoc payroll and HR inquiries, process all HMRC transactions, and ensure the reconciliation and payment of statutory and voluntary deductions.
• Keep precise records of employee absences.
• Deliver customer support for payroll, employee relations, pensions, and related areas, maintaining high service quality and responsiveness.
• Update and maintain employee records, handle resignations and special leave, and provide administrative support for salary and benefits schemes.
• Process new employee information for payroll, pensions, and other departments while assisting with additional HR-related administrative tasks as required.

The Person

As the successful candidate you will have the following background and experience:

Essential:

By the closing date for applications candidates must have:

• A minimum of five GCSEs, Grade C or above (to include English Language and Maths), or equivalent
• Experience directly processing payroll for 100+ employees.
• Experience working within a high-volume HR function including:
• Providing advice and support to employees on terms and conditions of employment, HR/Payroll policies and procedures and statutory payments.
• Liaising with external stakeholders
• Liaising with internal stakeholders
• Experience using Oracle HR/Payroll modules or similar systems.

Desirable:

• Experience of using reporting tools (e.g. Business Objects, OBIEE);
• Working knowledge of Oracle HR/Payroll or similar HR and Payroll modules with experience of testing system changes.
• Hold CIPP Year One.

What’s in it for you?:

• Generous annual leave
• A competitive salary
• The opportunity to work for a fantastic organisation at the forefront of public sector

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up to date CV via the link provided or contact Meghan Hamilton, Specialist Recruitment Consultant on or on email at s.

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