Payroll Administrator

**Benefits**:
The below list of benefits are available to you from the start of your employment with us:

- Pension
- Blue Light Card
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Support gaining extra qualifications through our inhouse Learning and Development department along side industry leading experts

The below benefits are available after 12 months of employment:

- ** Life Assurance** (x2 of the basic salary)
- ** Critical Illness Cover** **(x1 basic annual salary paid up front)
- ** Medicash** **(Money back in your packet to cover a wide range of medical, health and wellbeing expenses of up to £880)

**_ We have an opportunity for an experienced payroll administrator to join forces with the payroll manager as part of the finance team to look after the two growing monthly payrolls for Phoenix Learning and Care Group. _**

The role works across both parts of the company and will give exposure to the multifaceted nature of payroll in both the care and education sector.

Drawing on their experience as a payroll administrator, the post holder will help ensure that both payrolls are delivered in an accurate and timely manner, adhering to all statutory and company requirements. Working closely, and with backing from the payroll manager, you will be providing support to employees and managers as well as our colleagues in people services to deliver a high level payroll service.

A sharp level of attention to detail and being able to multitask and organise is required to help ensure we are getting our colleagues pay right.

There will be options to progress within the team along with a potential sponsoring of a CIPP once the probation period has been successfully passed.

The post location will be offered as hybrid remote - the office being based at Phoenix Learning and Care Group’s main central hub in Tiverton.

***Skills and Requirements**:

- Process starters, leavers and any other changes that impact pay.
- Supporting managers to ensure monthly timesheets are completed and approved for payment before uploading.
- Data input of employee absence and checking compliance with statutory and internal policy.
- Process statutory parental payments including manual calculation of alabaster.
- Compliance with HMRC for monthly reporting and tax code changes plus other tasks as required across the year (P60s, P11Ds, P46 car etc).
- Check and input mileage and expenses claims.
- Ensure compliance with any AEO or DEA statutory deductions and communicating with employees.
- Administration of self-service system with answering password reset/logging in problems.
- Ensure compliance with auto enrolment policy.
- Respond to basic payroll queries with the support of the Payroll Manager.
- Ensure compliance with Data Protection and GDPR.
- Undertake any other duties and tasks as reasonably required to ensure the successful operation of the payroll.
- Have proven experience of working within an internal payroll department processing end to end payroll.
- Have a strong attention to detail and be well organised.
- A CIPP or equivalent qualification is beneficial but if not, to be able to demonstrate understanding and knowledge of payroll legislation.
- Have demonstrable knowledge of Microsoft Excel.