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Senior Payroll Officer

Venn Group
Posted 3 days ago, valid for 15 hours
Location

Maidstone, Kent ME15 8ED, England

Salary

£35,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • An exciting opportunity for a Senior Payroll Officer has become available at a Charity focused on supporting individuals with learning disabilities.
  • The role requires hands-on technical support in payroll checking, ensuring compliance with the charity’s standards.
  • Candidates should have in-depth knowledge of payroll issues and at least 3 years of relevant experience in payroll or credit control.
  • The position offers a salary of £35,000 per annum and is a 12-month contract with the potential for a permanent role.
  • The successful candidate will work 35 hours per week in an office-based setting with some hybrid flexibility in Maidstone, Kent.

An exciting position has arisen for a Senior Payroll Officer to join a Charity that strives to support people with learning disabilities. The postholder will provide hands-on technical support in all aspects of payroll checking.

Key responsibilities:

  • Demonstrate advanced payroll technician knowledge and apply it in verifying and approving calculations performed by Payroll Officers and Administrators, ensuring compliance with the charity’s standards and procedures.
  • Ensure timely collation of data and update spreadsheets with payroll input progress.
  • Run the final payroll in collaboration with the payroll team and Payroll Managers.
  • Review exception and comparison reports acting on any issues found.
  • Monitor the payroll inbox with the team to highlight trends.
  • Run month-end reports and understand the output for reconciliation.
  • Process correspondence from internal and external sources within relevant time periods.
  • Reconcile and raise payment requests for third-party payments (e.g., HMRC, Unions, attachment of earnings) monthly.
  • Attend meetings to provide advice, support, and feedback to the team.
  • Maintain an organised working environment by ensuring all documents are signed and electronically filed promptly.
  • Stay updated with statutory legislation to ensure compliance with HMRC and awareness of auto-enrolment guidance.
  • Resolve technical payroll queries from employees, HR, and external agencies (e.g., HMRC, DWP) courteously and professionally.
  • Work as part of a team to produce end-of-month and yearly statutory returns where requested.

Successful candidate profile:

  • Experience of credit control collecting from Local Authorities or other entities
  • In-depth knowledge of payroll issues, including tax, national insurance, statutory legislation, and payments
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Suite including Intermediate Excel skills
  • Experience with payroll systems (currently using Iris/Earnie, but not essential)
  • Keen eye for detail and strong verbal communication skills

Length: 12-month contract, with possibility to move permanent

Salary: £35,000 per annum

Hours: 35 per week

Working pattern: Office-based working with some hybrid flexibility

Location: Maidstone, Kent

Agency Reference Number: J87689

This vacancy will be actively shortlisted so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.