Payroll and Pensions Assistant

Role: Payroll and Pensions Assistant

Location: Sheffield - Hybrid

Duration: 12 Months FTC

Salary: £26403 per annum

Sellick Partnership is exclusively recruiting a Payroll officer to join our reputable public sector organisation based in Sheffield on a 12 months Fixed term contract.

The ideal candidate will provide an efficient and effective payroll function for the organisation, and will be well versed with statutory regulations and legislation.

The ideal candidate will assist in the development, maintenance and operation of the payroll system and processing function.

The duties of the Payroll and Pensions Assistant include:

• Providing an accurate and timely payroll service for all Fire Service employees and Pensioners.
• Assisting the Payroll Manager and Payroll Supervisor with the development, maintenance and administration of the Payroll System.
• Accurately calculating and recording both statutory and company payments i.e. SSP, SMP, in accordance with internal and external regulations.
• Inputting both temporary and permanent salary variations into the computerised payroll system.
• Checking and verifying temporary and permanent input and output, including the responsibility for balancing payrolls, checking of variance/anomaly reports, correction of errors to enable payroll to be balanced ready for transmission.
• Performing manual calculations of gross to net pay, to enable current checks to be performed against legislation changes and also for raising of manual payments falling outside processing times.
• Verifying and creating third party payments in relation to deductions taken from salary, to be raised and paid meeting legislation guidelines.
• Organising the day to day payroll input to ensure payroll processing deadlines are adhered to.
• Maintain and updating employee and pensioner records on a computerised Payroll system, keeping relevant internal and external departments aware of changes to specific areas.
• Providing pensions estimates and benefit statements, together with new starter, leaver and salary change notifications to the necessary pension schemes. Also to provide additional ill health and injury estimates as and when requested on behalf of HR.
• Dealing with queries from both internal and external sources in relation to PAYE, NI, Pension together with any other payroll and pension related items
• Assisting in the preparation of Inland Revenue and Pension payments for approval, considering current statutory rulings and deadlines.
• Checking and verifying P45's, Student Loans and other notice of coding changes from HMRC, electronically extracted and submitted to HMRC from the payroll system.
• Liaising with external and internal customers to include Inland Revenue, DSS, Pensions Authority, HR, Management, staff and pensioners

The Payroll and Pensions Assistant ideally should have:

• Experience within the public sector is essential
• Experience in a similar position
• Knowledge of statutory and legal requirements

The Payroll and Pensions Assistant will need to have excellent communication skills and effectively be able to communicate to stakeholders of all levels. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have an impeccable eye for detail and accuracy to ensure all workload is carried out effectively and efficiently. They will also need to able to prioritise their workload and be efficient and effective to meet unpredictable deadlines and deal with conflicting demands, whilst working in a high-pressured environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Payroll and Pensions Assistant to join a forward-thinking organisation, and is offered on a hybrid basis.

If you believe that you are well-suited to this excellent opportunity of Payroll and Pensions Assistant, therefore if you believe your experience meets the criteria above, please contact Charlotte Broomfield by Monday 10th August by 9am by submitted your CV directly.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.