Payroll Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 376129**Salary**:

- £28,260 - £32,210-
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- Range C**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMT - Corporate Centre Group**Type of role**:

- Corporate Finance**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- This post will be based Norwich (Rosebery Court). This role cannot be worked from any other HM Treasury officeAbout the job

**Job summary**:
If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a pioneering new cross-government hub which brings people together to play an active role in the most important issues of the day whilst working closer to the communities we serve. The campus provides the opportunity for people from all over the UK to help shape the future of the country, and our flexible working practices ensure you can collaborate effectively with our partners. It’s central government, made more accessible to you

**Job description**:
**About the Group**

**Corporate Centre**

The **Corporate Centre Group** delivers a wide range of corporate services to enable people at HM Treasury and many of the other organisations who form part of the Treasury Group (including the Government Internal Audit Agency and the Debt Management Office) to operate effectively and efficiently. We are a diverse group, both in terms of our professions and in our ways of working. Our colleagues are based across 3 sites in London, Darlington and Norwich.

The Corporate Centre Group consists of a range of teams:

- Correspondence and Information Rights
- Finance
- Commercial
- People & Capability
- Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
- Treasury Business Solutions Multisite Darlington Economic Campus team
- Exchequer Funds & Accounts team

**About the Team**

HM Treasury’s **Group Finance Team** comprises approximately 50 staff. The team provides high quality advice covering strategic finance, financial management, financial reporting, counter fraud & risk for internal use, payroll and accurate information for Parliamentary control and public accountability purposes.

The payroll team is a small but key team based in Norwich. The team provide the payroll function for HM Treasury employees and the employees of 5 further government departments. We value our people and collective team spirit to enable us to deliver high-quality services to our customers. Our modern office is set in beautiful surroundings in Thorpe St Andrew. You’ll benefit from bespoke technology, free on-site car parking, public transport from the city centre, an onsite gym and supermarket, café and gym/swimming pool all within close walking distance.

**About the Job**

**Key Accountabilities**
- Assist in the effective running of the monthly payroll cycle for HM Treasury and 5 Arms Lengths Bodies (6 payrolls in total). Ensuring pay affecting transactions are processed to the effective monthly deadline.
- Calculating overpayments and corresponding with employees to arrange effective repayment plans.
- Line Management of junior team members.
- Overseeing the employee benefits packages including Cycle to Work, Payroll Giving and Childcare Vouchers.
- Undertake quality assurance and corrective activities to ensure payroll is processed accurately in accordance with departmental policy and process guidelines, including uploading daily interfaces, accuracy checks of payroll instructions, previews and reconciliation checks.
- Resolve complex pay related matters, engaging with the 3rd party payroll provider as required to advise on or administer solutions.
- Conduct HR and payroll system user acceptance/interrogation testing as part of upgrades and change requests, ensuring the integrity of payroll processes.
- Supporting the Pay Team Manager and Pay Team Supervisor as required with adhoc projects including rolling out payroll services to new customers, implementing process changes and providing timely accurate data for audits and data requests.

**Person specification**:
1. Experience of working in a fast-paced payroll function, processing high volumes of data and displaying a strong attention to detail and customer focus **(Experience)**

2. Ability to work autonomously within strict deadlines and proc