Payroll Assistant

Payroll Assistant - Part Time

Location: Hybrid (Travel to Head Office in Orpington required on occasion)

Working hours: 21 hours per week 

Salary: £23k - 26k (FTE) depending on skills and experience

DBS Disclosure:  Yes

Job Purpose:

To support a high quality and professional payroll service to all JTL Group’s current and potential employees and to provide support for the accurate and timely processing of payroll ensuring that appropriate statutory deductions are made and paid.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Support the Payroll Manager through the payroll process from “starter” to “leaver” ensuring high quality standards are maintained.
• Act as main point of contact during the absence of the Payroll Manager ensuring tasks are completed competently and accurately.
• Keep abreast of changes to employment and tax legislation and provide accurate advice to all employees as well as making recommendations for improvement to processes to the Payroll Manager.
• Administer appropriate deductions and maintain accurate records of the Company’s salary sacrifice schemes including Cars, pensions and Childcare Vouchers.
• Administer accurate and timely payments to the Company’s pension providers Aviva, People’s Pension and the Prudential ensuring that all requirements are met and any queries are resolved promptly.
• Provide any required advice and guidance on payroll matters to managers and employees.
• Oversee the timely and accurate submission of all statutory returns to HMRC, using RTI, and other government departments including P11Ds and Gender Pay Gap.
• Process absence including deductions for sickness accurately and liaise with employees sympathetically and confidentially.
• Proactively engage in customer focus by handling any general pay queries and issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Maintain People documents so they contain the appropriate up-to-date information, in line with internal and external requirements.
• Provide reports and information as requested by management and internal and external auditors under the guidance of the Payroll Manager.
• Participate in other ad hoc work as directed by the Payroll Manager.

Person Specification

Essential Requirements:

• Level 3 payroll qualification and/or minimum of 2 years payroll experience
• Excellent administration and time management skills.
• Good working knowledge of Employment Law.
• Excellent IT skills, including Word, Excel and Outlook.

Desirable:

• Current working experience with HR databases.
• Experience of SAGE payroll system

Closing date: 27th September 2024.