We are currently recruiting for a Pensions / Payroll Administrator to join our Reading based client on a temporary basis for initially 3 months. You will be responsible for the accurate processing of the internal payroll.
- Job Type: 3-month temporary position
- Location: Reading, hybrid working available
- Working Hours: Mon - Fri, 9am - 5.30pm
- Salary: 15 - 17 per hour, depending on experience
Your role as a Pensions / Payroll Administrator will be to:
- Run monthly and weekly payrolls from start to finish, including all statutory deductions, payments, and starters / leavers P45s
- Process the monthly and weekly pensions documentation with regards to new starters
- Administering of Auto enrolment activities, covering but not solely, assessments, actioning pensions opt outs, stop contributions / early opt ins.
- Handle bulk data transfer to Pensions providers
- Generating appropriate Auto enrolment communications and letters as defined by processes.
- Act as subject matter expert for all pensions related activities
- To act as first point of contact for pension scheme queries
- Communicate highly detailed information on procedures and when required
- Payroll year end reporting, including P60s/P11Ds
Experience and skills required for the Pensions / Payroll Administrator role:
- Prior experience in processing and checking payrolls is essential
- Exposure to pensions administration is ideal
- Proficient user of finance software
- Experience of advanced data manipulation in Excel
- Excellent knowledge of current pensions legislation
- High attention to detail
- Highly professional and confidential
- Tactful and self-motivated
- Ability to communicate well with people at all levels and from a variety of backgrounds
- Resilient, calm, and composed whilst assertive when required
- Logically minded with a proven systematic/methodical approach to work
- Procedural driven with the ability to work independently and using own initiative
For more information, please contact Julie Harding on (phone number removed) /