Payroll Officer

Position Summary
Magellan Aerospace, Llay Wrexham has an exciting opportunity for a payroll Officer.
Full Time Permanent Contract
39 hours per week.
**Job location**: Llay, Wrexham, LL12 0PB.
Unionised site - works in partnership with Unite the Union.
MALUK Payroll Officer to support the payroll function across 5 sites (Circa 800 employees)
Be responsible for payroll processing from start to end to ensure that all staff receive their authorised salaries and payments to agreed timescales, calculating payments/deductions as appropriate and keeping relevant procedures up to date. Lead on all aspects of pensions administration, including auto enrolment, monthly data collection etc. attending relevant training and liaising with third parties as appropriate. Keep up-to-date with relevant legislation and best practice to ensure the business is compliant.
**Perks and Benefits**:
A company culture that promotes work life balance
Access to mental health support
Business performance related bonus
Career development opportunities
Commitment to continued learning and development
Perkbox - includes monthly treats and discounts from selected restaurants, cinemas, shops etc
Long Service Awards
Enhanced Holiday Entitlement based on length of service
Free parking
**Essential Duties & Responsibilities**:
Process information on starters, leavers, weekly timesheet hours, overtime, bonus, pension, SSP, SMP, completion of P45 and P46 information, payments, management/implementation of salary sacrifice scheme and deductions by way of Liaising with the HR Team.
To ensure payroll is ready to run within the agreed internal & external timelines and UK legislation.
Produce reports for Directors and other departments from Payroll as and when required.
Assist with the month end process, including accruals and collection of Journal information, and to provide other monthly reporting and analysis as needed, such as for headcount reporting.
Assisting HR in preparing Annual Gender Pay Gap reporting data.
Record benefits and expenses for preparation of annual P11d returns.
Produce P11d/P60, RTI, EPS submission returns in line with HMRC reporting timelines.
Reconcile and review average holiday pay calculations historically and on on-going basis
Maintaining reports for Pensions, (joiners, leavers, changes, and payment files) on a monthly basis.
Liaising and assisting finance with reconciliation of data where required.
Input of timesheets or reconciliation of Manager input and attendance data into Payroll on a weekly basis for Bi Weekly, Monthly, Weekly Payrolls, checking data and raising queries when required.
Running additional checks at month end to ensure Payroll data is correct and querying any discrepancies.
Dealing with payroll related tasks and queries including overtime hours and holidays, corrections, and updates.
Provide assistance and reports to Internal & External Customers
Sickness and annual leave reports for Managers relating to their staff as and when required as well as maintaining Holiday & Overtime Files
On a rotational basis being responsible for responding to payroll queries sent through via the payroll in-box within the agreed 48-hour response time.
CATS & SOX Compliance and part of monthly / Weekly duties
**Skill & Knowledge Requirements**:
**Academic**:
GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Mathematics essential Grade C or above.
AAT qualified or CIPP qualification or equivalent business, payroll or book keeping qualification
Experience within manufacturing environment desirable.
**Professional Accreditations**:
Experience within a multi shift environment desirable.
**Experience**:
5+ Years Payroll experience
Knowledge of payroll systems
Computer literate in Microsoft Office, word and excel
Experience of HMRC requirements with regard to Tax, National Insurance, and Statutory deductions and payments
Experience of Auto Enrolment pension schemes administration
Ability to meet deadlines
Ability to communicate effectively at all levels within an organisation
Ability to be accurate with data input and analysis, especially when working to tight deadlines
General Office experience
Being able to work as part of a small team
Good interpersonal skills.
Ability to work to deadlines
Good time management skills
Strong confidentiality ethos; honest, reliable & flexible
Ability to work on own initiative and plan and prioritise workload
Excellent Keyboard skills
**Key Competencies**:
Excellent numerical skills
A good understanding of Microsoft Packages including Excel
Outstanding organisational and time management skills
Ability to multitask and prioritise daily workload
Excellent organisational skills and ability to multitask an often complex workload
A keen eye for detail
Enjoy working within a team but autonomy to work alone
**Other skills/Abilities/Personal Attributes**:
Methodical and accurate
Must be able to work on own initiative in small working environment
Very hands-on approach.
Must be confident in dealing with people at all lev