Senior Payroll Assistant

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom London Ambulance Service NHS Trust Full time

Are you ready for a new challenge and a real opportunity to make a difference at the London Ambulance Service?

The LAS Payroll Team are looking for a Senior Payroll Assistant who is open to new challenges with the ability to build strong relationships with Trust colleagues and managers. Your organisational skills and experience will allow you to support the existing management team working to payroll deadlines, whilst operating in a fast-paced environment. You will be working as part of a team ensuring that all London Ambulance staff are paid accurately and on time. You will be jointly responsible for supervising the Payroll Assistants and advising key stakeholders on any Payroll issues both verbally and in writing.

As well as having excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills, you will need to be flexible, have an appreciation of the confidential nature of the work and be able to manage a workload to meet pre-determined deadlines. You should have a pleasant telephone manner and be able to deal with difficult calls if necessary.

Experience of using the ESR System and knowledge in NHS Payroll is essential and you will be expected to interpret the NHS Terms and Conditions and possess knowledge of statutory HMRC and Pension regulations. Basic Excel skills with knowledge of Web ADI are required, in addition to extensive knowledge regarding manual calculations of PAYE, NI, Pensions, and Student loans.

As a Senior Payroll Assistant you will need strong supervisory skills and be able to provide support, advice and training to the Payroll Assistants as well as plan and monitor their workloads.

This role is based at our Headquarters in London and is currently operating a combination of office based and home based working.

At the London Ambulance Service, each member of the Payroll Team is committed to demonstrating the Trust values in everything we do by;
Being Caring - kindness, positive, empathic and listening

Respect - equity, inclusive, understanding and appreciated

Team work - supportive, collaborative, professional and acting with integrity
- Train payroll staff to process, ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of Court Orders, Maintenance Orders and Council Tax and Protected Earnings Level deductions, in accordance with the regulations laid down by the Courts, Local Authorities and Child Support Agency.
- Assist the payroll staff with any payroll related issues, making judgement on what to tell people, i.e. explaining deductions such as Attachment of Earning Orders, which are highly sensitive and

confidential, while ensuring adherence to Data Protection Act regulations.
- Administer the Southwark Credit Union (S.C.U.) scheme, maintaining all staff savings using Excel spreadsheets, providing information to new and existing staff about the scheme.
- Resolve miscellaneous payroll related issues between Human Resources, Finance Department, and Management Information.

Please see the Job Description for further details.



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