Job Description

Payroll Team Leader

Rate - £17.50 (Hourly)

Duration - 2 months (initially until 31/12/24)

Location - Cambridge (Hybrid)

Ir35 - Inside (Must use an umbrella company)

Main duties and responsibilities:

Team leadership:

Responsible for the day to day leadership and supervision of two Payroll Administrators, including co-ordination and monitoring of workload

Participate in recruitment of administrative staff.

Oversee training of new members of staff providing one-to-one supervision with ongoing guidance and assistance on a daily basis.

Undertake probationary meetings for new staff and complete appraisals providing written reports

Attend or lead monthly team meetings and identify topics of relevance for discussion and forward planningPolicies and procedures:

Ensure agreed policies and procedures are followed in order to maintain a high quality of service.

Ensure team members are kept up to date with contractual and statutory changes especially with regard to taxation rules

Assist with testing of system changes, changes to terms and conditions, new statutory requirements to ensure the payroll is calculating correctly

Ensure best practice guides are followed and maintained.

Maintain the Payroll ManualPayroll processing:

Upload files to auto-enrolment provider for assessment, reconcile contributions and notify provider of leavers with regulatory timescales

Reconcile and finalise payrolls and ensure all BACS payments are processed

Reconcile GL files and inform Finance when ready for processing

Reconcile and BACS third party payments, HMRC payments and pass payment requests to Treasury section each month

Candidate Specifics:

In-depth knowledge of current and past payroll legislation and procedures including year-end processes, P11d's, statutory payments, attachment of earnings orders.

Able to accurately identify, investigate and resolve complex issues with a high level of initiative towards problem solving.

Able to plan and organise tasks and workloads effectively having a logical pragmatic approach to decision making to ensure deadlines are met.

Competent level of computer literacy including Excel and Word.

In-depth knowledge of medium to large sized payroll systems such as MHR iTrent

In-depth knowledge of benefits and expenses rules in order to complete annual P11d returns

In-depth knowledge of current and past tax, NI and statutory payment rules and regulations

Able to manually calculate gross to net and net to gross payments accurately.

Able to perform complex accounting reconciliations.

Knowledge of GDPR able to maintain strict confidentiality at all times.

Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbal. Able to communicate with all levels of staff and external bodies e.g. HMRC, Auditors.

Able to train staff in all areas of payroll, assist with interviews, undertake probations and appraisals.

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with strong attention to detail