Finance Administrator

Priory Hospital North London are now recruiting a Finance Administrator to join our HR Team
You will have experience working in payroll/finance, familiar with managing tight deadlines.
Working 32.5 hours a week, you will be part of the HR Team, to administer the salaries of all staff working in our Hospital.
Your key responsibilities will be
- Processing weekly and monthly payroll
- Maintains payroll processing system and records by gathering, calculating, and inputting data
- Coordinating with the HR team to ensure employee related data is correctly loaded into the Priory Payroll System, and that all necessary amendments have been completed by the payroll cut-off dates
- Liaising with Ward Managers to ensure permanent employees are rostered a minimum of 8-12 weeks in advance including appropriate planning for holiday and training
- Receives and coordinate requests for leave and other absences
- Ensures the integrity, probity and reasonableness of local financial controls in respect of the payroll, in order to minimise financial risk via the correct implementation of local procedures and policies
- Answers employees’ queries in respect of payroll, referring any complex issues to the appropriate level / manager.
- Managing internal queries from Divisional Finance
- Ensures that all documentation is correctly filed, in order that financial auditors can be satisfied in their audit, via the efficient recovery of key documents of initial entry
- Dealing with matters related to invoice processing and other finance tasks
- Reviewing and approving invoicing
- Managing Petty Cash and managing patient finance
- Managing the financial accounting and reporting of site shop (where present)
- Provide cover for other administration roles on site as required
- You will be expected to provide cover and support to the wider team and site as and when needed

**To be successful as a Payroll Officer, you’ll need**:

- Experience of working in a payroll department serving a multi-site organisation
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task and manage a busy and varied workload
- Teamwork skills
- Good IT skills (Microsoft Office)
- Exceptional communication skills; written, verbal and interpersonal

Priory Healthcare is the UK’s leading provider of private mental health care. We have an outstanding reputation
both for the service we deliver and for the investment we make in our people and in our environment.
The Priory Hospital North London is renowned for its clinical excellence in the field of Acute Mental Health, Addiction and Adolescent Services.
The Hospital is located in a secluded and leafy part of Southgate, North London, and set in several acres of private grounds.
Easy access via several bus routes, M25 and A406 or Southgate Station on the Piccadilly Line.

**Benefits**:
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Birthday Leave
Subsidised meals on duty
Pension contribution
Free on site parking
Enhanced maternity leave
Cycle to work scheme
Priory Perks - Discounts & Cashbacks
Generous refer a friend scheme
Career development opportunities
Staff Well-being service