Senior Payroll Officer - Oldham, United Kingdom - Oldham Council

Oldham Council

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Oldham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Oldham Council
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Human Resources & Organisational Development

Ref:
G7/OL-89765

Contract:
Permanent

Salary:
£36,648 - £40,221 per annum (Grade 7)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based:
The Spindles Shopping Centre

Closing Date:
Thursday 29th February 2024

Role Overview:

To work collaboratively with the Payroll Lead to ensure the effective delivery of all payrolls, produce statutory returns, and ensure broad compliance with statutory regulations.

To provide support, guidance and technical advice to Payroll Officers and other key stakeholders to ensure a timely and responsive payroll service.

Support system developments in relation to Payroll and Pension objectives utilising MHR iTrent and Pension Scheme systems used by Oldham Council and on behalf of Oldham Council to external clients.

Key Responsibilities:

The production of allocated payrolls ensuring the timely and accurate payment of salaries in accordance with contracts of employment and HR information, ensuring compliance with PAYE, NI, and other statutory regulations.
Calculate complex payment on accounts and overpayments (including salary recalls and cancelled cheques) ensuring that all the required payroll adjustments arising from the calculation are correctly entered onto the payroll system.
Assist in the clearance of payrolls, payments over, balancing and reconciliation of payrolls in accordance with policy/regulatory frameworks.
Responsible for checking colleague's payrolls for accuracy prior to payroll run; responsible (in conjunction with Senior Pensions Officers) for validating the quality of the BACS files prior to transmission; responsible for provision of the costing file for interface to the financial ledger.
Liaise with customers to ensure payroll queries on data, processes, procedures, and regulations are dealt with for the effective preparation of the payroll.

Key Requirements:

To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:

Proven experience of working as part of a Payroll Team within a large organisation and sharing knowledge as appropriate.
Significant experience in accurate data input, checking and verifying in accordance with organisational regulations and payroll systems protocols.
Demonstrable experience of operating the payroll process from start to end with an emphasis on compliance.
Demonstrable experience of working with payroll systems and technologies.

For further information about this role, please contact Bryan Summerfield the Payroll Lead on

Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Diversity and Inclusion:

At Oldham Council, we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve.

We aim to develop a culture of respect, where differences are recognised regardless of background.

We aim to be an employer of choice by engaging in fair and open recruitment processes and Applications are encouraged from all communities across the borough to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our population.

About Us:

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.

Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans.

We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses.

Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels.

You can view the Values and Behaviours on our Greater. Jobs pages Working for Oldham

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