Job Introduction
We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Payroll Advisor to manage and process all payroll-related activities within the organisation. You will ensure the accurate and timely payment of salaries, process statutory payments, court orders, starters, leavers, and changes. You will play a vital role in supporting the payroll team and manager while overseeing pensions administration, preparing both standard and ad-hoc reports, and maintaining compliance with all relevant regulations.
If you have a strong understanding of payroll systems (e.g., iTrent, Business Objects) and are passionate about delivering a high-quality payroll service, we’d love to hear from you!
Main Responsibility
- Manage and process all aspects of payroll, including statutory payments, court orders, starters, leavers, and changes.
- Ensure the accurate and prompt payment of salaries in accordance with company policies and regulations.
- Provide support to the payroll team and manager, ensuring smooth operation of payroll activities.
- Administer pensions in line with statutory requirements and company guidelines.
- Produce standard and ad-hoc reports using iTrent and Business Objects to provide data analysis and insights.
- Respond to payroll queries promptly (within a 3-day SLA)
- Perform manual calculations for holiday pay, redundancy pay, and tax adjustments.
- Reconcile payroll figures and balance monthly payroll records.
- Administer end-of-year payroll and pension processes, including processing forms such as P45, P60, and P11D.
- Process variable hours, mileage, and expenses from other systems into iTrent.
For a full list of requirements please see the attached job description
The Ideal Candidate
- Microsoft Excel skills
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Proven experience in a payroll administration role
- Strong knowledge of payroll processes
- Up to date with current UK legislation
Desirable
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- NHS Pension administration experience
- Adaptable to fast paced change
- Proficiency in using HR/Payroll software eg iTrent, Optima, Business Objects
- Strong ability to work autonomously with efficient management of workload
Package Description
- £28,000 – £29,000 with group pension
- Private medical insurance with fast access to the most used specialists including for musculoskeletal problems and for mental health support – at locations across the country
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location in Runcorn
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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