Senior Payroll Administrator

Job Summary

Portfolio Payroll are currently working with a busy and vibrant client payroll business in Newcastle who are currently recruiting for a Senior Payroll Administrator to join their team. Working for an established firm with opportunity for progression this business is the ideal setting to enhance your career.

Key Objectives:

To process outsourced payroll

Excellent Service delivery

End to End Payroll Administration

Maintain working knowledge and understanding of current statutory legislation

Enrolling New Starters

Liaising with HMRC

RTI, Pensions,

Collating timesheets

Inputting data onto the system

Checking timesheets are correct

Creating statutory payment schedules & top up

Manual calculations - starters & leavers, tax & NI, student loans, pensions

Using imports for data processing

Early payroll runs & re-runs & payments after leaving

Apprenticeship levy, Employment allowance, Small ER relief - calculations and implementation

Payroll reversals/corrections

Court orders processing

Taking inbound calls

General administration duties

Essential Skills:

End to end processing

HMRC submissions

Experience using Excel

Data accuracy

Calculate, process and advise on statutory payments and court order

Calculate, advise and process annual leave

Uploading and maintaining pension data

Experience in a fast paced environment

Excellent communicator as

you will be answering queries

Comprehensive knowledge of payroll and auto enrolment legislation

Strong organisational skills and the ability to self-manage are essential, while remaining flexible and adaptable.

Desirable skills and attributes:

Strong payroll experience - assist new members of the team

Calculate and process individual occupation maternity and sickness

Setting up and approving BACS payment for salary and PAYE payments

Producing payroll reports and creating payroll journals

Reconciliation of PAYE accounts

Setting up pension schemes with pension providers

STAR system experience

Salary and Benefits:

Progression opportunities

Study support where applicable

The Peoples Pension

Life insurance

Up to 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays

Ongoing professional development

Genuine work life balance

Hybrid working

Enhanced maternity pay

Employee assistance programme

Purchase of additional holiday

Cycle to work scheme

Tech scheme

Assigned coach to support career development

Free parking

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The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position