Direct Payment Payroll and Advice Officer - London, United Kingdom - Akton Recruitment Ltd

Akton Recruitment Ltd

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Direct Payment Payroll and Advice Officer

£20/H

Location:
London, Greenwich

Akton Resourcing are looking for a Direct Payment Payroll and Advice Officer to join the Royal Borough of Greenwich on an initial 3-6 Month Contract.

Main Purpose of Job
Main duties will include, payroll processing, internal and external financial reporting, statutory compliance, third party payment and reporting.

You will undertaking HMRC returns, payment recovery, resolution of queries, distributing pay slips, administeringstatutory deductions, PAYE, Statutory Sick Pay Pay (SSP), Statutory Maternity and Paternity Pay etc.

Acting as an agent to disabled service users on direct payments who do not wish to manage their individual budget directly but want the flexibility of either employing staff or deciding how to spend their money.

You will be responsible for managing their payroll,making payments to their employees and keeping their budget in order.

The Direct Payment Payroll and Advice Officer will:

Ensure that employees of direct payment recipients are paid in accordance with the contract they have with their employee using a SAGE payroll or other appropriate payroll infrastructure.
Support and maintain the direct payroll provision and associated administrative support for recipients of Direct Payments for the Adults and Older Peoples Directorate and the Children's Directorate.
Be responsible for directly managing Direct Payment Recipients (with holding accounts) bank accounts in line with the Financial Appointee and Protection of Property Managers oversight and guidance.
Provide advice and guidance to Care Managers/Social Workers, Brokers; Service Users and Carers; and External Organisations on how the Direct Payment Payroll support function and associated responsibilities are carried out.
Open and process all requests for New Bank Accounts for direct payment recipients that want the Council to support them manage their money (holding accounts) within the Financial Appointee and Protection of Property policies and procedures.
Support Service users to manage their direct payment holding accounts; and provide information only account recipients and holding account recipients with regular statements in relation to the balance and activities undertaken from their accounts; for informationaccounts amounts they must be advised how much NI, Tax etc to pay directly.