Job Information

Cameron James Professional Recruitment are working with a renowned organisation who are looking to appoint a Senior HR & Payroll Administrator to oversee the running of the organisations payrolls, administer pension schemes and assist with generalist HR Administration. This role is for an initial 3 months FTC.

Responsibilities:

• Process starters, leavers, overtime, season ticket and student loans, SSP, OSP, SMP, OMP, SPP, ASPP, OPP, SAP, OAP and other salary adjustments and deductions.
• Implement and run pay review changes and backdated pay calculations.
• Run month end routines including BACS and costing interface.
• Administer USS and SAUL pension schemes by dealing with joiners, leavers, transfers, AVCs, redundancies and retirements. Reconcile SAUL and USS contributions monthly.
• Assist with end of tax year routines and procedures i.e. P14, P60, P11D, P35 and pension returns.
• Reconcile payroll control accounts & pension contributions monthly and ensure the correct tax, NI, pensions and other pay deductions are paid over before due dates.
• Liaise with USS and SAUL pension schemes in order to ensure members records are accurate. Request, via USS and SAUL, pension benefit estimates and costs in respect of leavers.
• Maintain system (iTrent) parameters.
• Provide reports using Business Objects.
• Oversee and train the HR/Payroll Administrators.
• Maintain and update own knowledge of PAYE and pension changes, payroll software upgrades and developments.
• Plan and organise own work with limited day to day supervision ensuring that work plans, deadlines and priorities are met or that the Director of HR is advised in good time if this is not possible and new deadlines agreed.
• Contribute positively and actively to the work of the HR Team, leading and contributing to appropriate departmental projects and other activities and keeping colleagues aware of own activities.
• Provide cover as appropriate for other HR colleagues, e.g. answering the telephone, responding if appropriate to basic queries in other areas or passing messages on if necessary.
• The job holder will have access to, and must therefore at all times, respect the confidentiality of personal and organisationally/commercially sensitive information.
• Any other duties, which may reasonably be required by the Director of HR.

Person Specification:

• Educated to A level standard, ideally with a payroll qualification ie CIPP
• Experience of working on a computerised payroll system in a medium to large size organisation
• Experience of company pension scheme administration
• Managing and leading a team, including appraisal and staff training
• Experienced in the use of the Midland Trent Payroll system.
• Experience of administration of either USS or SAUL pension schemes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Word, Excel, Outlook and internet skills to at least intermediate level
• Excellent level of written and spoken English
• Detailed knowledge of PAYE, NI, SSP, SMP and all other statutory payments and deductions
• Proficient in the use of the mail-merge facility within Word
• Ability to work using own initiative as well as working as part of a team
• Organisational skills, ability to meet deadlines and prioritise
• Ability to work on own initiative, and without close supervision
• Excellent interpersonal skills