Payroll Officer

Elevation Recruitment Group Leeds, England Posted Jun 11, 2024

Full Time
Onsite

Job description

Elevation Accountancy and Finance are excited to be working with a fantastic client of ours in the central Leeds area as they look to recruit a Payroll Officer into their team on a full time, permanent basis.

The primary focus of this role is assisting in the seamless and accurate delivery of 5 UK based payrolls, supported by an effective and efficient payroll service to over 10,000 employees.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for monitoring cut-off dates and ensuring all information is received in advance of the prescribed deadlines
  • Liaising where required with representatives from the HR department to ensure all information is received as required
  • Sound awareness of tax and national insurance calculations, understanding the manual calculation of these and other statutory deductions
  • Basic knowledge of pensions and salary sacrifice schemes
  • Good appreciation for all statutory obligations within the Payroll function, including all e-filing submission and payment obligations
  • Assistance in the production of payslips (paper and e-payslips) for secure issue
  • Assistance with reconciling starters, leavers and transfers into the payroll system.
  • Responsible for issuing e-P60s to employees and ensuring final payments are processed adhering to set deadlines.
  • Person Specification:

  • Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate professionally with colleagues, customers and business partners
  • The desire to work as part of a team
  • Experience of working within a people focused business
  • Experience of working within a busy Payroll Department within a medium to large organisation
  • An understanding of the legislation of payroll procedure
  • Ability to demonstrate a systematic and procedural approach
  • Good working knowledge of MS office tools particularly with Excel and Word
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