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Payroll Administrator

  • Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12
  • Salary: Negotiable
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted over 1 year ago

  • Sector: Non-core sector
  • Contact: Victoria Hyland
  • Contact Email: vhyland@nrl.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: 01942 323277
  • Start Date: 22 August 2022
  • Expiry Date: 21 October 2022
  • Job Ref: 1042371
NRL are recruiting for a Payroll Administrator for one of our large clients based in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

The 12,000 workforce comprises a mix of full-time staff, part time staff, temporary payments and overtime. Data is received from various sites with various T&Cs. There are a number of systems in use including SAP. 
The Payroll Administrator is responsible for ensuring that all employees are paid without issues thereby maintaining a good relationship with the employees. 

General Overview:  
To maintain effective procedures and processes to ensure accuracy of salaries, statutory payments and reporting in line with agreed SLAs. 

Operate in line with payroll and pension procedures and processes including:
  • Hold a good working knowledge of payroll and pension processes, legislation and compliance requirements.
  • Process payroll cycle.
  • Input pension amendments and process auto enrolment.
  • Pay and pension enquiries.
  • Absence Administration.
  • Statutory and Voluntary deductions from pay.
  • Statutory payments.
  • Loading of Interface files.
  • Liaise with HR as appropriate.
  • Tax code changes, P45, RTI submissions.
  • Annual pension returns.
  • Pension reconciliation and upload to providers portals.
  • Timesheet input.
  • Hold a good working knowledge of payroll and pension processes, legislation and compliance requirements.
  • Ensure the requisite transactions are processed in the pension scheme.
  • Complete payroll accounting entries and prepare and scrutinise the payroll journals.
  • Prepare, check and load the interface files.
  • Have a good working knowledge of payroll and pension processes, legislation and compliance requirements.
  • Ensure all process documentation/operating procedures are up to date.
  • Liaison with HR as required and support the Payroll Team.
 Continuous improvement:
  • Identify opportunities for process improvement liaising productively with the Continuous Improvement team.
  • Encourage the team to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Identify training and development needs for the team.
  • Deliver agreed improvement initiatives as and when required.
  • Provide high standards of customer service, consistency with service levels agreements and operational compliance.
 
Qualifications or Required Experience:
  • Experience in operating within a Payroll/Pensions team in a transaction processing environment.
  • CIPP qualification desirable.
  • Technical knowledge in payroll and pension reconciliation.
  • Excellent administration skills.
  • Excellent team player being mutually supportive.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Good data entry speeds.
  • Strong IT skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
Systems:
  • SAP ERP essential.
  • Microsoft Office essential.
Competencies:
  • Collaborating- Works well with others.
  • Communicating – Talks and listens to others.
  • Delivering- Does a great job.

About Nrl:
NRL connects global engineering companies with the right people to help their businesses grow and thrive, connecting organisations and candidates that share the same values and drive to succeed. As we progress your application our team of talented recruiters will be on hand to help you explore the role and answer any questions you have.
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