Specialist Payroll Officer - Angel Station, United Kingdom - West Northamptonshire Council

West Northamptonshire Council
West Northamptonshire Council
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Angel Station, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Payroll Control Team, as a Specialist Payroll Officer, due to internal promotions within the team.


Our main purpose is to be responsible for administrating payrolls across multiple clients including Pension payrolls while adhering to specified deadlines and audit requirements, in addition to ensuring that accurate information and support is given for customer enquiries and all statutory reporting is completed in a timely fashion in line with legislative deadlines.


The role is based at our office at One Angel Square, however the position is designated as part-flexible and therefore attendance to the office is only required twice per week, with the remaining three days able to be worked remotely if you wish.

What will you be doing?

As a Specialist Payroll Officer for West Northamptonshire Council, you would be working as part of a team to support the end to end processing of pay for circa 14,000 employees and 35,000 pensioners, across 17 different monthly payrolls, with pay dates ranging from the 24th to the last working day of the month.


As part of the role, you will be expected to take ownership of queries and incidents submitted via our case management system and work to resolve these efficiently, in line with agreed SLAs, to effectively calculate overpayments and correspond with employees regarding these to ensure repayment and to effectively process payroll instructions, such as the set-up of AVCs, pension opt outs, maternity calculations, attachment of earnings order etc, among other tasks.

Full details are available in the attached job description.

About you
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic payroll professional to join our team and would like to hear from prospective new colleagues who:

  • Has experience of high volume payroll processing
  • Can work effectively both individually and as part of a team
  • Has excellent communication skills
  • Is able to manage their own workload, within strict deadlines
  • Has excellent attention to detail
About us
We're a new council, following one of the largest shake-ups in local government reform in recent history.

As a new authority, we're embarking on an exciting journey to deliver exceptional services for our residents, customers and communities.


Our vision at West Northamptonshire Council is 'to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive'.

We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality.

Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for:
Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.

At West Northants Council, it's about our people.

People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge.

Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

When potential is unlocked, talent thrives.


Choose a career that offers you a true sense of achievement, fills you with pride and challenges you in a positive way, every day.


West Northants Council, where careers thrive.
Our benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:


  • Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 28 days annual leave per year, 29 days for senior managers (pro rata, depending on how many hours per week you work), plus bank holidays. An additional 5 days, linked to continuous service, and ability to purchase up to 6 weeks additional leave per year.
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Cycle to Work scheme.
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Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
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Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.

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Car Lease scheme:

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Payment of professional subscription / membership:

  • If your job description requires that you are registered with or are a member of a professional body, WNC will pay for your professional subscription or membership fees.
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Employee Assistance Programme
  • We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
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Ongoing training and development opportunities.
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Our West Ways of Working
  • We want our workforce to thrive, and we equip our employees with the right technology to support hybrid and collaborative working, on or off site, depending on the role.
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Making a difference
  • If you want to use your skills and experience with an organisation that are genuinely invested in making a difference, are committed to improving people's lives, and
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