Payroll Specialist in Havant, Hampshire

Payroll Specialist

Portsmouth

18-month fixed term contract

£40,000 DOE

ARM are delighted to be supporting one of our clients with the recruitment of a Payroll Specialist on an initial 18 month fixed term contract basis.

The Payroll Specialist is required to support an insourced payroll with an estimate employee headcount of 1,700.

Responsibilities:

• Processing the day-to-day UK payrolls, ensuring appropriate liaison and coverage with the team.
• Working alongside the Senior Payroll Specialist to manage timely delivery of payroll deliverables.
• Process the monthly payroll per the calendars each month.
• Checking and maintaining accuracy of employee records where appropriate.
• Calculations of all statutory payments.
• Manual calculations of gross to NET overpayments.
• Process adjustments such as reversals, returned overpayments and ad hoc payments.
• Carry out reconciliations such as ensuring the FPS balances to payroll results.
• Validate and action payment requests via the Payroll SharePoint Workflow Tool such as KIT day payments, standby allowances etc.

Requirements:

• Experience with insourced end to end payroll.
• A thorough understanding of all current payroll legislation.
• Ability to carry out manual payroll calculations to support validations.
• Data collation, organisation and analytical skills.
• Possesses a high level of accuracy with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines in a fast paced, complex environment.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications, particularly Excel and ability to carry out lookups/pivot table activities for analysis.
• Desirable - Oracle and SAP experience.

This vacancy is being advertised by Advanced Resource Managers. ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions.

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