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Senior Payroll Advisor
Ipswich
Pay rate: £20 - £27 per hour
Our client is looking for a Senior Payroll Advisor to join their team on a 3 months temporary basis initially. You will be joining an established team and working closely and under the direction of the Payroll Manager and Deputy Payroll Managers.
The successful candidate must have experience in completing P11D’s, PSA, running BACS files and payroll processes.
Key responsibilities of the Senior Payroll Advisor role
* Have a good working knowledge of statutory legislation covering payroll administration.
* Organise and manage the payroll cycles.
* Undertake a full range of varied and complex duties within the frameworks and policies.
* Manage workload priorities to meet tight payroll deadlines.
* Manage data imports, salary sacrifice schemes, auto enrolment including reenrolment, RTI submissions (FPS/EPS/EYU) and the lease car process.
* Lead on P11d and other statutory yearend requirements.
* Oversee service updates and improvements in relation to the Payroll system / software as and when required ensuring statutory and contractual obligations are accurately met.
* Be a point of escalation for the team and be instrumental in the resolution of high-level queries.
* Be able to cover other payroll team members in their absence to maintain service delivery, to include but not limited to; journals, invoicing and pay-overs.
Skills and experience required:
* Knowledge and practical application of legislation, statutory guidance and best practice in relation to a payroll function.
* Proven experience of managing a range of projects in addition to carrying out day to day activities.
* Experience of providing comprehensive advice and guidance on more complex and escalated payroll issues.
* Proven experience of effectively deploying resources to ensure that relevant deadlines, delivery targets, agreed outcomes are met or exceeded.
* Ability to identify and resolve specialist/technical issues relating to customers.
* Conduct analysis and reconcile complex data in a variety of ways