Payroll Officer - Barnsley, United Kingdom - South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
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Barnsley, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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JOB SUMMARY The postholder will provide a comprehensive and efficient payroll, pensions, and expense payment service to employees of South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust and its customers.

The postholder will manage their own workload within agreed deadlines and will delegate tasks to the Payroll Clerks as appropriate.

The postholder will have a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the various terms and conditions of service and employment policies and will be conversant with current PAYE, national insurance and NHS Pension Scheme regulations.


KEY RESULT AREAS:
1.

To be responsible for the processing of monthly payrolls in accordance with relevant policies, procedures and terms and conditions of service


This will essentially include:

Inputting of payroll data to the Payroll and Human Resources systems Verifying output to source documents (including contracts, offer letters, HRS Forms, etc) Validation of payroll and pension records 2.

To analyse and interpret complex payments (for example, following pay awards, organisational change, re-gradings, etc). Investigate pay queries and analyse detailed data to identify errors and discrepancies.

Inform individuals of overpayments and negotiate how monies are recovered. 3. To create and maintain spreadsheets for the analysis and presentation of earnings, deductions, arrears payments, etc. 4.

To maintain pension records; including dealing with those joining and leaving the pension scheme.

Prepare membership and benefit statements as required and liaise with the pensions agency in connection with members records; earnings; benefits; transfers and preservations, etc.

5.

To advise staff on maternity entitlements and calculate statutory and occupational maternity pay in accordance with the Trust Policy and HMRC regulations.

Accrue arrears on pension contributions and certain deductions and liaise with the employee on the recovery of the underpayments. 6. To maintain accurate sickness absence and entitlement records for each employee.

Advise the employee and manager of any half and no-pay situations and maintain a deemed pensionable pay record as necessary.


  • To advise staff and managers on entitlements to unsocial hours payments, overtime, travel expenses, subsistence allowances and sick pay, etc. Instruct staff and managers on the maintenance of records and completion of claim forms and returns and advise budget holders where claims appear incomplete or erroneous. 8.
  • To participate in the induction and training of the Payroll Clerks and new members of staff. Represent the HR/Payroll Department on the Trusts induction day as required. 11.


To check that time sheet, expenses claims and HRS forms, etc, have the appropriate level of approval by reference to the authorised signatory lists.

12. Verify previous NHS Service for new starters. 13.

To provide cover for other colleagues within the Human Resources Payroll Department as and when required. 14. To undertake further training as deemed necessary to fulfil the duties of the post. 15.

To undertake project work and participate in meetings at the request of the Payroll Team Leader and

Payroll Manager Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respectat all time.

The post holder must all time act in accordance with the Trusts Values:

Honest, open, transparent Respectful Person first and in the centre Improve and be outstanding Relevant today, ready for tomorrow Families and carers matter Safeguarding: Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy:

All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to: ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns; maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct; understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Trust Data Protection Policy; comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol.

Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually; receive supervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development ne
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