Payroll & Benefits Officer

Job Title: Payroll & Benefits Officer Target Start Date: ASAP Contract Type: 12mth Fixed Term Contract, Part Time – 22.5 hours minSalary Range: £24,000 - £28,000 dependant on experience Location: Eastleigh, Hybrid (1 x week office visit) Closing Date for applications: 04.11.2024Payroll & Benefits Officer: An exciting opportunity has become available to join our Payroll department as a Payroll & Benefits officer to help assist with the processing and delivery of all Ageas payroll services in accordance with our company and regulatory requirements. Main Responsibilities as Payroll & Benefits Officer:

·       Process fixed and variable data associated with the monthly payroll. 

·       Provide support for the timely submissions of RTI and other statutory reporting.

·       Review and completion of monthly pay variance and control reports. 

·       Provide advice and information to managers and employees in payroll related matters.

·       Carry out the necessary pensions enrolment processes and complete the reconciliation and upload of monthly pension contributions to the pension provider.

·       Provide payroll administration as required for the Ageas Flexible Benefits processes.

·       Provide monthly reports to Ageas Finance departments and ad hoc reports in line with business requests.

·       Recommend and implement process improvements at a local level where required working with the wider HR Administration and ER team.

·       Liaise closely with HR colleagues to ensure actions are appropriate and timely regarding employees who are sick, dismissed or absent from work and taking necessary payroll actions.

·       Raise monthly payments to third parties, e.g. HMRC, GAYE and Court Orders, by determined deadlines.

·       Administration of the company and flexible benefits car schemes.

·       Support the Payroll Team Leader in project activities as required.

Skills and experience you need as Payroll & Benefits Officer:

·       Preferable to hold CIPP Payroll Technician Certificate or equivalent.

·       Previous payroll experience and up to date knowledge of HMRC regulations.

·       Previous experience of working in an administration environment where attention to detail is vital.

·       Must be highly numerate with a good standard of IT skills including Excel and Word.

·       Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload in order to meet critical deadlines, demonstrating flexibility of working hours whenever necessary and possible.

·       Customer focused and able to handle a range of payroll issues with appropriate sensitivity from simple issues to complex problems.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy within the Payroll & Benefits Officer role based in Eastleigh: 

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.

 Flexible Working - Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares . We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

 Supporting your Health – Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Yoga, Mindfulness.

 Supporting your Wealth – Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

 Supporting you at Work - Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family – Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks’ at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.

 Benefits for Them – Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover

 Getting Around – Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover

 Get some Tech – Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

 Supporting you back to work - Return to work programme after maternity leave