Payroll administrator 1 Year Fixed Term contract in Shirley, United Kingdom

Overview

Linnaeus are a rapidly growing business and we are looking at increasing our payroll team.

The team will consist of 8 administrators and a senior payroll administrator all reporting into the Payroll Manager

The payroll team sits within the central support office and is responsible for delivering 80 monthly payrolls c6500 employees. Each payroll administrator looks after their own portfolio of practices from start to finish.

The payroll function has gone through numerous changes within the last few years in order to streamline the function and bring all 80 practices into a centralised model. With further work planned for the very near future.

We use ADP IHCM platform for Payroll and Workday for HR so knowledge of both would be an advantage.

This will be a ‘mainly’ working from home position with initial training and monthly meetings held in the Solihull office.

Main purpose & goals

• End-to-end payroll processing for monthly portfolio of payrolls

• Processing New Starters, leavers, salary changes etc

• Liaising with ADP and checking output for each of the payrolls

• Knowledge and understanding of statutory payments and deductions; SSP, SMP, SPP

• Maintaining payroll records and ensuring processes and procedures follow current guidelines

• Ensure accurate data entry

• Respond to any payroll queries in a timely manner

• Support the wider payroll team in payroll processes and cover when holidays arise

• Produce accounts reports and answer any accounting queries regarding payroll

• Look to improve current working processes and be proactive in providing alternative solutions

Person specification

• 3 years minimum experience of payroll processing, including experience of the end to end process

• Able to manually calculate Gross to Net payslip (understanding of Tax, NI and Pension workings)

• Able to manually calculate SSP

• Strong IT skills, particularly an excellent working knowledge of Excel

• Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload

• Understanding of payroll legislation

• Excellent numeracy skills

• Meticulous attention to detail

• Strong communication skills

• Self-sufficient and able to prioritise own work

• A desire to thrive in a role that requires a positive, proactive and flexible attitude towards change

• Willing to offer flexibility in your hours of work where necessary to meet payroll deadlines

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