Payroll Officer

VANRATH are pleased to be partnered with a leading NI Top 100 Company who are recruiting for a Payroll Officer to join their team on an initial interim contract for 6 months with potential for extension. This role can offer an experienced payroll professional the next step in their career within an excellent company.

The Ideal Person

At least 3 years experience in end to end payroll with the ability to carry out tasks with minimum supervision

• Experience of calculating and processing statutory and occupational pay including SMP, SPP, ShPP, SAP, SSP etc.
• Experience working with salary sacrifices
• Experience of processing new starts and leavers
• Up-to-date knowledge of payroll legislation
• A working knowledge of payroll procedures
• Ability to manually calculate a pay slip
• Experience of computerised payroll systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the accurate, secure and timely payment of staff.
• Providing advice and guidance to managers and employees on all aspects of salary sacrifice arrangements, pay and benefits.
• Assisting the with the calculation of bonuses, taxable benefits and validation of P11Ds.
• Assisting in the maintenance and continuous development of the payroll function.
• Ensuring any changes to payroll legislation are implemented.
• Ensuring that the company meets its obligations in relation to the payment of HMRC and other third-party deductions.
• Maintaining and storing HR & payroll information according to current legislation, audit and security standards and General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) requirements.
• Interrogating and producing reports from the payroll and HRIS.
• Validating payroll output reports provided by the third party.
• Applying all aspects of a pay award.
• Answering payroll queries.
• Checking monthly amendments to the payroll to verify that payments and deductions are correct. This includes tax, national insurance, voluntary deductions, statutory and occupational payments.
• Performing other duties as and when required.

Benefits

• Hybrid working policy
• Flexible working
• Immediate start
• Competitive salary (£30-40K)
• Free parking on-site

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Accountancy & Finance job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Jamie Gault in the strictest confidence.