Senior Payroll Officer

Role: Senior Payroll Officer

Location: Peterborough - Hybrid (2 days Tuesday and Thursday on site)

Duration: Interim 6 months

Salary: up to £400p/d UMB rate - dependant on experience

Sellick Partnership are currently recruiting for a Senior Payroll Officer to join our client based in Peterborough on a 6-month interim contract, working on a hybrid basis.

The duties of the Senior Payroll Officer include:

• Maintain accurate records and prepare written communications to customers and other organisations to obtain information
• Respond to enquiries effectively and efficiently
• Be familiar with all aspects of the organisation's Payroll system and procedures
• Undertake general housekeeping of the payroll system, to ensure that the system integrity and security is maintained
• Ensure accurate staff records are maintained and the payroll system is updated to reflect changes in personal data that affect pay calculations such as sickness, and maternity pay
• Process payroll data including new starters and leavers, mileage, and overtime claims to meet monthly deadlines
• Issue monthly payslips
• Ensure that the data help is sufficient and in a format that meets legislative requirements for reporting and annual returns for HMRC, National Insurance etc.
• Produce and issue relevant tax forms such as P45, P60 forms to employees in accordance with HMRC requirements
• Submit FPS/EPS files to HMRC
• Supporting the TUPE transfers of employees into the organisation
• Manual calculations of overpayments, payroll reversal and adjustments
• Being familiar with the Teachers MCR pension scheme, and LGPS i-connect

The Senior Payroll Officer ideally should have:

• Experience within a public sector would be beneficial
• Understanding and experience of payroll and pensions processing and legislation in particular Teachers MCR Pension scheme or LGPS i-connect
• Experience within a similar role is essential
• Experience with Unit 4/Agresso is essential

The Senior Payroll Officer will need to have excellent communication skills and effectively be able to communicate to stakeholders of all levels. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have an impeccable eye for detail and accuracy to ensure all workload is carried out effectively and efficiently. They will also need to able to prioritise their workload and be efficient and effective to meet unpredictable deadlines and deal with conflicting demands, whilst working in a high-pressured environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to join a forward-thinking organisation. The post offers excellent benefits, hybrid working and flexible working hours.

If you believe that you are well-suited to this excellent opportunity of Senior Payroll Officer, please apply directly at Sellick Partnership for more information. The closing date for CVs is Tuesday 6th May due to the urgent requirement of this role.

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