Payroll Officer

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity to join Certitude as a Payroll Officer as we continue to grow as London’s leading adult social care provider.

**Salary**: £28,000 per annum

**Hours**: 37.5 hours

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Department**: Payroll

**Location**: Balham

**Benefits**:
A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
25 days annual leave + bank holidays & enrolment onto a pension scheme
24-hour Employee Assistance
Paid Enhanced DBS
Eye care vouchers & Perkbox (employee benefits platform - for wellbeing and discounts)
Travel season ticket loan & Cycle to work Scheme (eligible after 1 years’ service)

About the role

The Payroll Officer works within the Finance and Payroll Team and will have responsibility for various aspects of the Payroll services. The role will also be responsible to provide cover and deputise for the Payroll Supervisor in her absence. At present, there are three separate payrolls and whilst the Payroll Officer is expected to work across all three, the role will take ownership of all processing relating to one of the payrolls.

**Duties will include**:
Collate information received from all parts of the Group
Prepare and process the resulting data on to the Open Pay payroll system (Advanced Business Solutions) monthly.
Process the HR data file into the payroll system.
Raise payments to third parties including HMRC, court orders, union and pension payments.
Resolve payroll queries from staff and their line managers
Work with the Payroll manager to develop payroll systems, policies, and procedures.

About you

To be a Payroll Officer at Certitude, the following are essential:
Demonstrable experience of working in a Payroll Processing function.
Experience of using payroll software efficiently and effectively.
Good level of IT skills and proficient in of MS Excel and Word.
Ability to work under pressure, deal with tight deadlines and demonstrates flexibility as required to perform the role effectively.
Able to analyse data and have meticulous attention to detail.

To read more about the role and the full person specification, please click on the tab at the top of this advert, titled ‘Job Description and Person Specification’.

About the Organisation

The Certitude Group are proud of our history of supporting people with complex mental health needs and learning disabilities. We support more than 1800 people across London through a diverse range of support services and believe in providing the right level of support, to enable individuals to flourish, contribute and live a good life.

We have high employee engagement and a strong commitment to people development from both our Board and Leadership Team. As a result, we can support people with mental health needs and learning disabilities to live the life they want to lead; happy, healthy, respected as equals and valued for their contribution within communities.

We aim to be the best social care employer in London and are proud of our reputation as a London employer - employing more than a 1500 colleagues and volunteers with a turnover of £48m.

Our Values

Working Together
Continuously Improving
Inspired by People
Trustworthy & Dependable

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