Job Description

Payroll & Reconciliation Advisor
Housing Association Liverpool
Liverpool
Hybrid Working
Monday to Friday (35 Hours per week)
3 Months Contract (Potential for Extension)
16- 18ph Umbrella

Provide a customer focussed Pay and Benefits reconciliation service to the Group ensuring adherence to all regulatory and statutory requirements. Conduct a range of technical and analytical activities in line with the Pay and Benefits frameworks, including quality and accuracy, advising and reporting on legislation and maintaining compliance at all times.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Deliver monthly analysis and reconciliation of pay, benefits and control accounts, ensuring accuracy and completeness in line with required standards and timescales.
• Provide specialist technical expertise throughout the payroll & benefits lifecycle, liaising with third parties (HMRC & Regulators) regarding submissions, payments, deductions, tax treatment and statutory changes
• Carry out pension activities for contractual and auto-enrolment services across the Group pensions schemes, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations at all times.
• Perform accurate data calculations and analysis of payrolls for the Group and its subsidiaries, including statutory and occupational payments, deductions and reconciliation of movements and validation of variances (gross & net).
• Perform and complete regulatory returns and reporting including processing monthly and annual payments and benefits within timescales and quality standards e.g. P11d, P60s, PSA, FPS, Pensions returns P45s.
• Co-ordinate and manage accounting activities, working closely with finance, to ensure costings, GLI accounts and under & over payments balance reducing any risk to reporting and levy's to the organisation.
• Provide payroll advice and expertise to colleagues across the Group, dealing with complaints and complex queries through to effective resolution, suggesting and implementing continuous improvement activity to prevent any reoccurrences of omissions and processing.
• Analysis and production of periodic and ad-hoc management information, communicating and presenting findings, often complex and statistical in nature in a simple and user friendly way
• Accurately record all calls and queries to enable on-going management, reporting and tracking of queries, including the scanning of documents to employee records

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering payroll, pensions and benefit services within a large, complex organisation
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work under pressure delivering to strict deadlines and manage conflicting priorities.
• Results driven with strong analytical skills, including the ability to critically analyse complex information, and experience of providing meaningful management information and insights. CIPP qualified, or equivalent, or willingness to work towards.
• Comprehensive up to date knowledge of HR Policy, payroll and benefits legislation, regulations and standards.
• Strong numeracy skills with experience of accurately calculating pay, contributions, deduction, overtime, bonuses and allowances.
• Customer focused with excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the confidence to interact with employees at all levels.
• Excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements.
• Experience of successfully working with payroll/pension related systems together with strong MS Office skills

If this role is of interest, please just respond to this advert with an up to date copy of your CV or call Jake on (phone number removed)