Senior Payroll Officer

Walters People: Senior Payroll Officer – Hybrid – Office in Coleshill – Up to £28,000 – Permanent Walters People are working with a leading business in Coleshill, recruiting for a Senior Payroll Administrator. The successful candidate will be a key member of the client services team working to deliver a high-quality experience for clients and their employees.

Role: Senior Payroll Officer

Salary: Up to £28,000 based on experience

Mode: Hybrid – one or two days in the office

Main responsibilities and duties of the Senior Payroll Officer:

• Provide assistance to the UK Operations Manager in all tasks assigned

• Maintain a positive relationship with 3rd party Payroll, Pension and Benefit providers to ensure the smooth delivery of payroll.

• Respond to payroll queries within agreed time-frame, monitor and escalate queries which have not been responded to within agreed SLA’s

• Accurate input of data into the payroll system to ensure the appropriate employee starter/leaver/transfer/variation details, gross payments, PAYE income tax, National Insurance, pensions and other deductions are correctly set up and calculated in accordance with statutory and contractual requirements.

• Input and support the preparation of relevant weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports

• Participate in process and procedural reviews to meet best practice, legal requirements, maximise quality, effectiveness, and efficiency

• Complete ad-hoc tasks, projects, and reporting as required

• Answer queries from customers and suppliers

• Liaise with colleagues over Microsoft teams

• Calculate input and check occupational/statutory parental/sick pay. Complete the required statutory forms to send within the required time-frame

• Prepare and send monthly payroll reports, RTI submissions and pension reports to the client and third parties

• Working in a team to take on a large number of new clients, setting up the companies on the payroll software ensuring a smooth transition for each client and ongoing accurate payroll processing

About you as the Senior Payroll Officer:

• Skilled in building strong relationships with clients and client employees.

• Self-driven, results orientated with a positive proactive outlook

• Detailed focus on quality, accuracy, and timeliness of all tasks assigned

• Ability to manage and prioritise a given list of tasks

• Detailed orientated with strong analytical, written, and oral communication skills

• Willingness and ability to be flexible

• Payroll qualification preferred but not essential

• Payroll experience of 1+ years

• Working knowledge of accountancy software

• Excel/spreadsheet working to a high standard

• International payroll experience preferred but not essential

• Ideally experience with Iris and bright pay payroll software's

If you would like to apply to the role of Senior Payroll Officer, please email anna.atkin-willoughby@walterspeople.co.uk . Unfortunately, if you haven’t heard back within 7 days you have been unsuccessful in your application.