Payroll & Pension Assistant (Temporary) - Cranfield, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom - Ideal Personnel & Recruitment Solutions Limited

Description

Our client has a vacancy for a Payroll and Pension Assistant. This role is offered as a full time vacancy, working hybrid, 37 hours per week and is temporary ongoing. There is some flexibility as to when the hours can be worked.

As part of the team, the role is to ensure that staff are paid accurately and on time, with all relevant tax and pension deductions having been made in line with legislation and pension regulations.

Main Responsibilities:

• Authorising or rejecting all gross payments for input into the various payrolls, including sickness and maternity.
• Calculating and inputting manual tax, national insurance and pension calculations when the payroll software is unable to be configured (eg the complex maternity leave pay calculations which are done manually)
• Ensuring payrolls are completed accurately, are compliant with legislation/policies to allow payments to be made on time
• Responsible for completion of pension documents, including pension calculations for new starter, leavers, maternity, sickness and any contractual changes, prior to uploading to relevant pension portal. The calculations must be 100% accurate and validated to ensure that pensions are accurate in years to come when an employee retires.

Requirements:

You will need to have previous experience in payroll and pensions, ideally within a large complex organisation with knowledge of Microsoft applications.

Due to the large number of responses we receive it is not always possible to respond to every application straight away. Should your skills and experience be a match for this role, or any other vacancy we may have, we will normally contact you within 72 hours of receiving your application. If you wish to apply for further roles please do so