Senior Payroll Administrator

13 hours ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom XPS Pensions Group Full time

**Contractual hours**

36.25

**Basis**

Full time

**Job category/type**
- XPS Administration

**Date posted**

04/08/2025

**Job reference**

REQ003196

**Senior Payroll Administrator**

**Location**:Newcastle

**Employment Type**:Permanent, Full Time

**Grade**: Senior Associate

Hybrid

REQ003196

**About XPS Group**:
XPS Group is a prominent UK consultancy and administration firm within the pensions and insurance sectors. As a FTSE 250 company with over 2000 employees, we leverage expertise alongside advanced technology to serve over 1,400 pension schemes and their sponsors. Our goal is to foster a workplace where diverse talents thrive.

**About the Role**:
We are seeking a Senior Payroll Administrator to join our award-winning pensions administration business, on a hybrid basis. XPS puts scheme members at the heart of everything they do. Our services include scheme administration, first-time outsourcing, member communications and scam protection.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- To take responsibility for the completion of payroll processes relating to data entry tasks and activities which are allocated whilst working effectively in a team.
- To gather data and information from a variety of sources and carry out a range of data entry and basic analysis activities.
- To carry out standard and non-standard payroll tasks and activities autonomously in a timely manner
- To communicate clearly with Pension Administration team members, including routine interactions regarding payroll and pensioner queries.
- To provide support for senior colleagues regarding ongoing payroll projects and specific business development activities.
- To support the team with new staff members and provide training to less experienced team members, checking and validating their work to ensure accuracy.
- To identify errors and to escalate issues where appropriate.
- To be proactive and take on personal responsibility and ownership for completion of tasks

**Your Profile**:
**Essential**:

- Considerable experience in a payroll environment
- Experience in running end to end payroll processing for own portfolio of clients, including RTI submissions and BACS submissions
- Experience of dealing with high volumes of work
- Excellent attention to detail and a high level of attention to detail
- Ability to manage workload effectively and independently, adhering to strict deadlines
- Ability to complete manual calculations
- Good knowledge of payroll legislation
- Excellent customer service and experience taking phone calls
- Strong communication skills
- Flexible approach to work
- Experience in training and mentoring more junior colleagues

**Qualifications**:

- Strong Maths and English GCSE or equivalent qualification - minimum grade C/4.

**Desirable**:

- Experience using Resource Link
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
- Possession of a professional payroll qualification

**What We Offer**:
**How to Apply**:
**Equal Opportunity Statement**:
**Eligibility**:
Any employment offer made will be conditional upon you satisfying DBS Disclosure checks, Employment or educational references, Satisfactory credit checks and eligibility to work in the UK before an offer can be made. XPS Group is not able to provide sponsorship to employees.

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