Payroll Officer/Specialist in Wrexham, Clwyd

Payroll Officer/Specialist

Competitive Salary  

Monday – Friday / General Office Hours

Wrexham

Our client based in the Wrexham area is currently recruiting a Payroll Officer/Specialist on a permanent basis.  Based within the HR department, the role will manage the day-to-day payroll process for employees across the company's manufacturing and support functions, ensuring that all employees are paid accurately and on time in accordance with their contractual terms, approved working arrangements, company policies and current UK legislation.  The role will have responsibility for processing and validating variable payroll information for multiple UK sites, relevant to a manufacturing environment, including attendance, overtime, shift payments, incentives, allowances, absence, statutory payments and deductions.

Performance Objectives

Payroll Processing

• Process the Company's UK monthly payroll accurately and within agreed payroll deadlines.
• Process new starters, leavers, salary changes, promotions, transfers and contractual amendments.
• Process variable payroll information.

Manufacturing Payroll

• Ensure payroll accurately reflects approved working patterns and contractual arrangements.
• Process approved shift premiums, overtime rates and other manufacturing-related payments.
• Investigate discrepancies between attendance/timekeeping, overtime, records and payroll data.

Statutory Payroll

• Ensure payroll is processed in accordance with current UK legislation and HMRC requirements.
• Process statutory deductions.

• Administer Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP), Statutory Adoption Pay and other statutory payments as applicable.
• Support the preparation and submission of required HMRC payroll information.
• Maintain awareness of changes to UK payroll legislation and ensure relevant changes are implemented.

Pension Administration

• Administer workplace pension processes in accordance with auto-enrolment requirements.
• Process pension enrolments, opt-outs, re-enrolments and contribution changes.

Payroll Reconciliations and Reporting

• Complete payroll reconciliations and validation checks, before payroll sign-off.
• Reconcile payroll against Finance records and relevant reports.
• Investigate and resolve variances.

Compliance and Data Protection

• Ensure payroll processes comply with UK employment, tax, payroll and pension legislation.
• Handle personal data in accordance with UK GDPR and the Company's data protection policies.

Person Specification

• Experience of processing monthly payroll.
• Good understanding of UK payroll legislation and statutory requirements.
• Experience processing variable pay, preferably including overtime, shift payments and allowances.
• Experience working with payroll and/or HR systems.
• Experience of payroll reconciliations and data validation.
• Experience handling confidential employee information.
• Batchelor’s degree in accounting or Part-qualified CIMA, ACCA, ACA, AAT.
• Working knowledge and understanding of UK PAYE and National Insurance.
• Payroll experience within a manufacturing, engineering or other operational environment.
• Experience processing payroll for hourly-paid and shift-based employees.
• Experience of time and attendance systems.
• Experience with HRIS/payroll systems.

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