Payroll Specialist

The National Autistic Society is the UK's leading charity for autistic people. Since 1962, we've been transforming lives, changing attitudes and helping to create a society that works for autistic adults and children. We transform lives by providing support, guidance and practical advice for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their three million family members and carers.

Visit our website to find out more about who we are and what we do:

Who we are looking for:

We have an opportunity for a Payroll Specialist to join our Pay & Reward team.

The Payroll Specialist will be responsible for partnering with a specific area of the organisation to provide exceptional delivery of payroll services. The postholder will support the delivery of an accurate, compliant and cost-effective payroll function including end to end processing of high-volume and complex payroll and benefits using the payroll software.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the wider team of Payroll Specialists with their areas or business functions where required.
• Ensuring monthly payroll data checks are completed to ensure high levels of accuracy and that employees are paid accurately and on-time.
• Supporting the Pensions Manager and Reward Analyst with preparation, validation and submission of all.
• Reports for our benefit provider and ensure they meet the prescribed deadlines.
• Acting as a subject matter expert in the payroll system and maintain a substantial knowledge of the HR system.

This is a home-based role, with occasional travel.

This advert is for a fixed term contract, for 12 months. This is a full-time role for 35 hours per week. The salary for this position is £32,577 per annum.

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How to apply:

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When providing a supporting statement, please refer to the job description and person specification and include any information that shows your suitability for the role.

What we can offer you:

• Auto-enrolled Pension Scheme

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Excellent induction, training and development programme including training about autism and opportunities to attend our conferences

• Online staff discount scheme for a range of benefits such as cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan & shopping discounts for places such as Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Halfords, Nike, Apple and loads more

• Healthcare Cash Plan

• Life Assurance at 2 x base salary

• A portfolio of fantastic new salary sacrifices benefits and other flexible benefits private health, dental insurance, car salary sacrifice scheme, activity pass, holiday trading, enhanced pension & salary deduct loans (eligibility criteria may apply)

• Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme & counselling programme

• Free access to the Headspace App – a global leader in mindfulness and you can enrol up to three friends or family for free

• Eligibility for a Blue Light Card

About our application process:

When providing a supporting statement, please refer to the job description and person specification and include any information that shows your suitability for the role.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We may close the advert early if a suitable candidate is found.

For some roles, successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks which will include additional references and criminal background checks.

Applications for this job are sought from anyone who is suitably qualified and experienced for the role but particularly welcome from those with a diagnosis of autism.

The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

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