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Payroll Officer- Sheffield

Job Description

My NHS client based in Sheffield are looking for Payroll Assistants to joint their team on a temporary ongoing basis.
Monday to Friday- Hours between 0800-1700
Hybrid working offered after training is complete
Pay Rate- £12.27 per hour
ASAP Start- Subject to clearance (DBS required)
You will be responsible for the delivery of accurate payments to staff and police officers, both weekly and monthly for a defined part of the payroll process, ensuring legislation, Terms & Conditions of Service and other Statutory and Local agreements are processed correctly. .

Key Responsibilities

  • Work within the guidelines of our Service Delivery and Client policies and procedures, ensuring that Audit requirements are met at all times and deadlines are strictly adhered to
  • Responsible for dealing effectively with queries from customers both internal and external, both by telephone or email, at all times conveying a professional and efficient attitude and pass any contentious calls to the Payroll Management
  • Reporting to the Payroll Manager for all aspects of payroll work, ensuring the continued smooth and effective running of the section and that all targets are met within defined deadlines
  • Responsible for ensuring that all National or Local payroll changes are dealt with in accordance with requirements, and that all customers are able to understand the changes that affect their pay
  • Responsible for ensuring that all documentation relating to statutory legislation and Terms & Conditions of service is kept up to date and is easily accessible to the rest of the team
  • Verify written responses to queries from staff, Clients and external agencies
  • Validation of other payroll officer's temporary and permanent alterations to staff records. Ensure and validate that appropriate checking mechanisms are in place for other members of the team.
  • Ensure that all manual under/overpayments are valid and correctly calculated and payments raised (if appropriate) on a timely basis
  • Responsible for the completion of all basic payroll output for allocated payrolls and some higher-level activities under the direction of the Payroll or Service Manager.
  • May be asked to undertake reconciliation of General Ledger postings, raising payment requests for Third Parties, reconciliation of HMRC submissions for compliance reasons and raising of journal requests as a specific role.
  • May be asked to become a specialist in a particular area such as reporting, salary sacrifice, attachment of earnings etc from time to time as required by the business, based on existing skills or where training has been provided.

Essential Skills

  • 5 GCSE's level A-C in English and Math's or Equivalent
  • Excellent communication and organisational skills
  • The ability work in a team and build relationships with co-workers
  • A background in investigating and resolving complex pay queries
  • Sound understanding of PAYE, National Insurance
  • Attention to detail
  • The ability to work flexibly, able to respond to increased pressure of work
  • A high-level knowledge of data-input completion
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • The Ability to Observe personal duty of care in relation to equipment or resources
  • Experience of accurate data entry and validation of financial information

Desirable Skills

  • Experience in payroll or finance
  • NVQ 3 Qualification or equivalent level of experience in Payroll.
  • Ability to understand, interpret, implement and communicate several complex terms and conditions of service within one organisation
  • Has an awareness of the law relating to payroll (i.e. employment rights and data protection)
  • Experience of processing transactions on multi customer payrolls
  • Standard Health & Safety manual handling skills
  • The ability to Calculate Statutory and Non statutory deductions accurately and in accordance with the legal and organisational requirements
  • Previous experience of seeking and suggesting continual process improvements, when identified through daily processing



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