Salary from £24,000 – £27,000 depending on experience plus benefits package.
Hours of work – 37.5 Hours per week. Monday to Friday 9am – 17.30pm
Location – High Wycombe
RIGHT HAND HR is a progressive and successful Employment Services company working with a diverse and growing range of small and medium sized employers. We see HR, combined with Training, Recruitment, Employment Law, Payroll and HR information management as the catalyst for organisational success. We’ve got where we are today because, quite simply, we’re passionate about what we do and always strive to exceed our customers’ expectations.
This is a challenging and rewarding role, providing HR expertise, guidance and management services to a number of clients from with a team of professional and expert staff.
The purpose of the role
- To provide a professional and efficient national payroll service, for all client companies, in line with the clients policies, procedures and government legislation. Team members must comply with all aspects of data protection and personal confidentiality and maintain the highest levels of integrity, and be constantly customer focused whilst working with internal and external customers.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Ensure client monthly payrolls are prepared and processed accurately and on time in line with standard and client specific processes, and undertake all payroll reporting.
- To check and authorise payrolls and to attend account management meetings if required.
- Answer customer queries on finance and payroll matters, including those from HMRC if required.
- Provide advice to Clients on payroll policy and practice, particularly in relation to statutory requirements.
- Ensure high levels of customer communication and satisfaction at all times.
- Import tax codes from HMRC online.
- Set up new starters and calculate pay.
- Process leavers including producing a P45.
- Accurately update client’s monthly analysis spreadsheets.
- Ensure all additional payments (via timesheets), and special payments are authorised by the client and processed to meet the relevant monthly payroll.
- Examine and take appropriate remedial action on error reports and other deficiencies determined by the section’s management/control.
- Calculation of manual payments and BACS recalls where appropriate.
- Prepare statistical information where required for clients, internal management and external bodies where required.
- To deputise for the HRIT & Payroll Manager as and when required, to check and authorise the monthly payroll and to represent the HRIT & Payroll Manager at meetings, if required.
- Any other duties which are in line with the grade and general level of responsibility of the post.
Knowledge of:
Essential:
- Knowledge of statutory legislation
- Knowledge of expenses, benefits and the resulting Tax and National Insurance implications
- Ability to process manual calculations, SSP, SMP, P45s, starters and leavers, P60s
Desirable:
- Good knowledge of Pensions legislation.
- Preparation of Month end reconciliations and year end procedures.
- A well rounded technical knowledge of Payroll Systems.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential:
- Minimum 5 GCSE’s or equivalent (inc C+ Maths & English)
- 1-2+ years payroll experience (multiple systems an advantage)
- Experience providing a payroll service to a diverse range of staff in a busy and demanding environment.
- Experience of managing multiple tasks.
- Experience of working to tight deadlines.
- Experience of running a monthly payroll.
- Experience on operating computerised payroll system.
Desirable:
- Working towards or have a foundation degree or equivalent in Payroll
- Management or The Chartered Institute of Payroll and Pensions Management.
- Experience of running multiple monthly payrolls for group companies or clients.
- Experience of giving expert payroll advice to multiple clients.
- Experience of working towards high levels of customer service.
- Supervisory / Sole processing experience
Special Skills
Essential:
- Ability to multi-task and effectively prioritise own work
- Excellent organisational skills
- A good telephone manner
- Ability to work in a fast-paced & dynamic environment
- A team player but able to work independently
- Tenacious with a determination to succeed
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information
- Ability to work to high level of accuracy and a high attention to detail.
Desirable:
- A strong and effective communicator who can resolve queries to the highest standard and deliver a high level of customer service.
- Technically strong on all the operational and legislative aspects of payroll.
Interested applicants should send a CV and covering letter, quoting reference number PLO1 to HRsupport@ rhhr.com
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