Payroll Clerk

**Summary**

The role will suit a confident, enthusiastic, and highly organized individual with experience working as a payroll clerk in a fast-paced environment. You will have excellent communication skills, with a good knowledge of MS Office products. As this is a varied role, you will be motivated and have a flexible and positive attitude with the willingness to adopt to new challenges. You will be a team player with the ability to work on your own and manage your time efficiently. Reporting directly to the Payroll Manager, the successful applicant will play a key role within the payroll department.

**Description**
- Processing of monthly payroll, by taking full responsibility for a portfolio of monthly payrolls for a variety of care homes.
- Checking own inputs and reviewing payrolls prepared, ensuring the very highest standards of accuracy and quality.
- Liaising with care home administrators to accurately process their payrolls
- Preparation of furlough calculations
- Checking of payroll transactions to ensure accuracy
- Dealing with queries from care homes and colleagues
- Calculating SSP/ SMP and SPP and leavers
- RTI reporting, including data validation submitting FPS/EPS
- Calculate and reconcile all wage deduction payments including HMRC and Pension Deductions
- Auto Enrollment, Pension set-up and uploads
- Processing all elements of payroll, including court orders and student loans for staffs
- Answering care homes payroll queries in a timely and professional manner
- Providing support to the Payroll Manager for any payroll related queries
- Prepare ad hoc finance business reports and information as and when required
- Recent, strong practical experience in a similar Payroll position, working under pressure in a busy payroll bureau - ideally in accountancy practice
- Up-to-date knowledge with all payroll rules and regulations
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to self-manage
- Experience of end-to-end payroll
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a wider team
- Able to manage a diverse workload and priorities effectively to deliver to fixed deadlines
- Prior knowledge of PAYE, NIC, Pensions and statutory payments
- Prior use of Sage Payroll desirable (full training and support will be provided)
- IT literate with working knowledge of Microsoft packages including Outlook, Word, and Excel
- A great attention to detail

**Job Offer/Benefits**
- £21K to £23K
- Pension contribution
- 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Perk-box benefits
- Refer a friend Scheme