Payroll Officer

Age UK Lincoln & South Lincolnshire is an independent local charity, part of the Age UK brand partnership, supporting more than 5,000 older people every week. We have an exciting vacancy for a Telecare and Maintenance Technician who will be responsible for providing home maintenance and telecare equipment installations within older people home’s, enabling them to remain independent at home.

Our vision, a world where older people flourish, is delivered through a commitment to our values and our promise to deliver.
- 20 hours per week
- Permanent contract
- £13,546 per annum (£23,707 FTE)

**About the role**

We would love to hear from you if you have experience of payroll and pensions administration and are looking for a role in an organisation that puts people at the heart and makes a difference in our communities.

This is an exciting role providing a high quality, efficient and compliant payroll and pensions administrative service to all of our employees. As Payroll Officer, you will be responsible for the efficient processing and delivery of all aspects of two in-house payrolls, ensuring that all regulatory and legal requirements are met to a high standard.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Manage the end-to-end monthly payroll cycle (c260 employees), including processing new joiners, leavers, contractual variations, and absences as notified by the wider HR Team
- Ensure accurate reflection of all payroll and pensions information in the payroll software
- Maintain payroll inbox responding to all queries in a timely manner
- Supporting the preparation for all input for payrolls flowing from numerous channels
- Provide accurate and timely reporting, monthly/quarterly/annual returns
- Support payroll audits as required
- Use own initiative to resolve issues and to assist the team where possible
- Support payroll projects
- Review net salary calculations as part of pre-payroll validations.
- Ensure compliance with payroll laws, including taxes and pensions
- Reconcile payroll outputs and provide explanations for month-on-month net pay variances
- Provide authority for BACS payments for net pay, HMRC liabilities, and pension contributions.
- Maintain and protect payroll operations by keeping all information confidential, adhering to GDPR regulations
- Maintain, update and help create relevant Payroll policies and procedures
- Actively respond to queries from employees, other departments and external agencies such as HMRC.
- Maintain the payroll procedures manual which summarises payroll policy and rules
- As directed, work with other departments to consolidate and analyse data as required
- Support the HR Team and the Finance Team with administrative tasks
- Ensure applicable deductions made and reported accurately
- Work with multiple vendors to deliver ongoing benefits to team members and ensure a good team member experience across multiple departments
- Enrol starters/administer leavers to benefit programmes as required
- Ensure reporting compliance where required including the preparation of benefits data feeding into P11D’s

You will be working as part of our friendly HR team**, **ensuring that our employees feel supported and informed. There is also an expectation that the role will support with both finance and hr administrative tasks where required as part of our collaborative culture to ultimately provide the best service to our employees and customers.

**About you**

We are looking for a conscientious, committed professional who can work well both individually and as part of a team. Great at communicating with others, you should also be accurate and methodical in your approach and able to maintain confidentiality at all times.

**What do we offer?**

Age UK Lincoln & South Lincolnshire is an inclusive and innovative organisation that listens to our employees and clients to ensure they feel valued, respected and recognised. All employees have:

- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme provided by BUPA
- Support from in-house Mental Health First Aiders
- Access to the Blue Light Card
- Charity Worker discounts, including a dedicated Age UK portal (AON)
- Access to discounted tickets for events provided by Tickets for Good
- Pension enrolment with company contribution
- Opportunities for professional development and learning

**How to apply**

CVs will not be accepted.

**Closing Date**:Monday 30th September 2024

**Interview Date**: Monday 7th of October 2024

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £13,546.00 per year

Expected hours: 20 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Financial planning services
- Health & wellbeing programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: In person