Payroll Officer - Elevation Recruitment Group : Job Details

Elevation Accountancy and Finance are delighted to be working with a fantastic business in Leeds as they look to recruit a Payroll Officer into their team on a full time, permanent basis.Key Responsibilities:

• Run weekly and monthly payrolls, ensuring all information is correct at the point of payment
• Maintain employee records in time & attendance systems or Excel
• Process new starters onto payroll and record leavers correctly
• Ensure emails/documents are saved and labelled appropriately in the correct payroll file
• Monitoring group payroll inbox
• BACS processing and reconciliation
• Period end payroll processing
• Update tax codes, payroll deductions, or student loan information from HMRC
• Print P32s for each company and submit them to the accounts department for payment
• Balancing various pension contributions across all payrolls with a variety of pension schemes/providers
• Prepare reports for finance and submit payments to pension providers
• Produce P45s when an employee leaves
• Ensure all payroll information and reports are stored in the appropriate payroll file & liaising with Accounts teams where appropriate
• Update variations and wage increases accurately across various sources of payroll info
• Address and resolve payroll-related queries and wage corrections

Person Specification:

• Several years of experience in payroll processing
• Profound knowledge of payroll laws, regulations, and compliance
• Proficiency with payroll software and MS Office applications, particularly MS Excel
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong organisational skills
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
• Able to work as part of a team in a busy environment
• Able to work without supervision and to your own initiative at times

If this looks like a role of interest then please apply now!