Senior Payroll Administrator
- Newcastle
- Permanent
- Full-time
- To take responsibility for the completion of payroll processes relating to data entry tasks and activities which are allocated whilst working effectively in a team.
- To gather data and information from a variety of sources and carry out a range of data entry and basic analysis activities.
- To carry out standard and non-standard payroll tasks and activities autonomously in a timely manner
- To communicate clearly with Pension Administration team members, including routine interactions regarding payroll and pensioner queries.
- To provide support for senior colleagues regarding ongoing payroll projects and specific business development activities.
- To support the team with new staff members and provide training to less experienced team members, checking and validating their work to ensure accuracy.
- To identify errors and to escalate issues where appropriate.
- To be proactive and take on personal responsibility and ownership for completion of tasks
- Considerable experience in a payroll environment
- Experience in running end to end payroll processing for own portfolio of clients, including RTI submissions and BACS submissions
- Experience of dealing with high volumes of work
- Excellent attention to detail and a high level of attention to detail
- Ability to manage workload effectively and independently, adhering to strict deadlines
- Ability to complete manual calculations
- Good knowledge of payroll legislation
- Excellent customer service and experience taking phone calls
- Strong communication skills
- Flexible approach to work
- Experience in training and mentoring more junior colleagues
- Strong Maths and English GCSE or equivalent qualification - minimum grade C/4.
- Experience using Resource Link
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
- Possession of a professional payroll qualification