Payroll Officer

6 months ago


Bury, United Kingdom St Teresa of Calcutta Multi Academy Company Full time

**Payroll Officer**

This is an exciting opportunity to join the trust at the beginning of a journey of transition to develop and grow the Catholic Academy Trust from 10 schools to 68 schools by 2030. As the Trust Payroll Officer, you will deliver a responsive, accurate and efficient Payroll service, undertaking a range of payroll activities including processing the monthly payroll for the Trust, administering all pension related processes and you will support the ongoing development of the Payroll Service offering to our Schools across the Trust. There will be opportunities for career progression as the Trust expands and the team grows.
- Be CIPP qualified at level 3 or equivalent experience
- Possess strong interpersonal skills
- Have a minimum of two years’ experience using iTrent or other payroll system to process payroll.
- Work efficiently and effectively, especially under pressure.
- Be accurate with attention to detail and able to meet deadlines
- Be confident in providing payroll support and advice to our Schools
- Understand the purpose and mission of the Trust and appreciate the difference a great education makes to pupils’ lives

**P:ayroll Officer**

**Grade 5**

**Key Responsibilities**:
Responsible for processing the monthly payroll for the Trust, producing and analysing reports to verify and ensure integrity of data.

Responsible for resolving employee pay queries, escalating issues to the Payroll Manager when required.

Responsible for managing the payroll function in the absence of the Payroll Manager.
- Collate the input from schools and head office records and enter these claims and HR changes onto the system after verifying validity and authorisation.
- Process monthly starters, leavers and contractual amendments.
- Administer all pension related processes including notifying TPS and LGPS of starters, leavers and changes, collating information for year end returns and auto enrolling all eligible employees on the appropriate pension scheme within the required timeframe.
- Submit pension returns within the required timeframe.
- Monitor the HMRC Gateway notices to upload NI Numbers, tax code changes, student loans etc., checking the effect the changes will have on pay.
- Check payroll runs and correct details as required. Report system errors to the Payroll Manager for escalation.
- Issue P45s for leavers
- Run weekly, monthly and ad hoc reports to ensure the integrity of data input on iTrent.
- Manage statutory and company absence payments such as SSP, SMP and contractual holiday or sickness schemes.
- Distribute payments and breakdown reports to third party organisations, such as unions and health care businesses.
- Prepare the FPS and EPS submissions to HMRC. Submit in absence of Payroll Manager.
- Provide a customer focused, professional service to all internal clients and log and respond to employee pay queries or general legislation queries, taking ownership for their resolution and escalating to the Payroll Manager where appropriate.
- Perform pre-written test scripts on HR/Payroll system updates based on the Update Release Notes.

The role will be office-based at Trust HQ in Bury with some flexibility around start and finish times.
- It is the practice of this Trust to periodically examine employees’ job descriptions and to update them to ensure that they relate to jobs as they are being performed, or to incorporate whatever changes are being proposed. It is the Trust’s aim to reach agreement on any alterations._

**Payroll Officer Person Specification**
- CIPP qualified at level 3 or above or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience of processing payroll.
- Experience of working in payroll in the education sector ( Desirable)
- Experience of working with iTrent (Desirable)
- Knowledge of HMRC regulations, including statutory payments, PAYE and RTI.
- Knowledge of Teachers’ Pension Scheme and Local Government Pension Scheme (Desirable)
- Meticulous attention to detail and excellent accuracy skills.
- Ability to work independently and use own initiative
- Excellent organisational and time management skills to meet deadlines and business needs.
- Experience of working to pressure and tight deadlines
- Excellent IT skills to include Microsoft Office packages

**Salary**: £26,421.00-£28,770.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person


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