Payroll Officer

Job Introduction
We are LWM, a company wholly owned by Lichfield District Council, a local authority in the heart of England that provides local services to over 100,000 residents. Our District is a beautiful place to live and work, with its historic city centre which has the impressive Lichfield Cathedral and is the birthplace of Samuel Johnson.

Our organisation is ambitious, innovative, and highly driven to be the best in all that we do. We want to further this growth potential in all key areas of the business by hiring great people. In return, we can build stronger foundations, provide quality services, and help support our company objectives longer term.

**JOB PURPOSE**

You will provide a professional, efficient, and effective payroll service, to meet the needs of Lichfield District Council and LWMTS, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation, always maintaining confidentiality and high professional standards.

You will also ensure that the service is results orientated, customer focused, forward looking and that it contributes to the business’s growth and financial performance of the company.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Ensure the efficient and seamless provision of the payroll function, ensuring that payments to employees, and all external businesses are accurate and made on time.
- Ensuring timely and effective sign-off of the monthly payroll and to manage the current outsourced payroll providers.
- Support the insourcing of payrolls from the outsourced providers and ensure the smooth transition and the accuracy of new payrolls.
- Ensure the management of all types of leave, i.e. holiday, sick, maternity etc and schemes, are completed accurately and effectively.
- To oversee any calculation of estimates for redundancy, settlements, pensions, and notice.
- Support the lead on elections payrolls as and when required.
- Ensure payroll records are maintained in accordance with compliance with relevant laws and regulations, best practice, data protection and the company requirements.
- Ensure the timely provision of key communications in respect of payroll and pension changes and information to employees.
- To lead in the rolling reconciliation of statutory deductions and be the lead on yearend checking and processing for the tax year, together with the distribution of P60s and P11Ds within deadlines.

**SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE**
- Prior experience in payroll processing with a strong understanding of UK payroll legislation and procedures, with an understanding of HMRC regulations on employee expenses and benefits, including the production of P11d’s.
- Proven track record of insourcing payrolls.
- Local authority sector experience or knowledge of local authority terms and conditions.
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously.
- Experience of implementing national or local pay awards accurately and to agreed timescales.
- Demonstrate a high level of interpersonal and communication skills, target driven with a customer service orientation.
- Be a confident self-starter with a ‘can do’ attitude.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and resolve payroll issues effectively.

**You will also benefit from a fantastic salary package including Private Health Care, Pension contribution, Free parking, Hybrid working, My Staff shop and fab refurbished offices in a central location. Plus, more**Be part of our growing team and amazing culture.
- Two satisfactory references covering the last 3 years of employment.
- Evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom; and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if applicable.

**WHAT NEXT?**

**We look forward to hearing from you.