Role: Senior Payroll Officer

Location: South West London

Duration: Interim 3 Months

Salary: up to 270 per day (UMB)

Sellick Partnership are currently recruiting for a Senior Payroll Officer to join our client based in London on a 3-month interim contract with the potential to go permanent, working on a hybrid basis.

The ideal candidate will plan and manage the day-to-day work of the payroll team to ensure that all employees are paid accurately and on time in accordance with statutory, regulatory and the organisation's requirements. The Senior Payroll Officer will manage the reconciliation and production of all payroll outputs to internal service areas and third parties.

The duties of the Senior Payroll Officer include:

Managing the full end-to-end production cycle for all payrolls covering the organisation's employees, the returning officer and pensioners. Ensure all controls are operated and that exception/anomaly reports are run for each payroll and corrective action is taken prior to payroll finalisation so that the integrity of the payroll is maintained
Ensuring that the payrolls and their associated processes and outputs are fully compliant with the statutory and regulatory requirements
Ensuring that reconciliations are performed for each payroll cycle and that information is sent as appropriate to the organisation's finance teams to match reconciliations and balancing to the general ledger outputs, investigating any areas where differences arise and taking corrective action as appropriate
Ensuring all outgoing payments to third parties from each payroll cycle are made accurately and on time, appropriately reconciled, and that internal records are maintained to reflect this
Monitoring day-to day claims and payments being made to employees to ensure that they are being paid in accordance with the organisation policies, and statutory/regulatory requirements
Devising procedures with the payroll manager that enable regular review of all such payments and taking pre-emptive action to prevent incorrect payments. Ensure all follow-up action is taken with relevant managers to maintain compliance
Running all tax year-end processes and processes relating to the new tax year and ensure that all necessary actions are taken and outputs produced, e.g. tax code uplifts, P60, HMRC year-end submissions, etc.
Overseeing and monitoring the management of overpayments, ensuring appropriate controls are operated to limit their occurrence and that recovery arrangements are made for all overpayments including those where employees subsequently leave the organisation's employment
Managing the handling of all incoming and outgoing payroll-related helpdesk enquiries, monitoring progress and tracking resolution rates, and ensuring that responses are timely and in accordance with establishment policy and procedures
Managing the testing of payroll-related Oracle system software changes, quarterly updates, emergency patch releases, and work with the local Oracle system leads in HR to ensure that all supporting documentation and training guides are kept up to date

The Senior Payroll Officer ideally should have:

Experience within local government would be beneficial
Experience within a similar role
Experience with Oracle is essential
Detailed knowledge and experience of payroll operations, and the ability to provide advice and guidance on it to a wide variety of people

The Senior Payroll Officer 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 Senior Payroll Officer to join a forward-thinking organisation. The post offers excellent benefits, hybrid working and flexible working hours.

If you believe that you are well-suited to this excellent opportunity of Senior Payroll Officer, please apply directly at Sellick Partnership for more information. The closing date for CVs is Friday 21st February due to the urgent requirement of this role.

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