Payroll Administrator - 6 month FTC

Job Description

Job Summary An opportunity has arisen for a proactive and collaborative Payroll Administrator working in our Financial Reporting department on a fixed term basis to support the Payroll team for a 6-month contract.Role OverviewThe Payroll Administrator will work with the two Group Payroll Managers to ensure that all individuals are paid accurately and on time each month. The successful candidate will cover both UK and international payrolls as well as the pensioner payroll.The role will have strong numerical skills and will operate with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. You will have excellent communication skills and a customer-focused approach to successfully handle payroll-rated queries from the business.The role sits within the Finance department, but the job holder will work closely with the HR departments and third parties when carrying out the responsibilities of the role.What will you be doing Key job accountabilities include:

• Assisting with processing UK payrolls to include checking incoming processing data from HR departments, running and checking of system reports, checking and uploading of P6, P9, SL1, SL2, PGL
• Assisting with processing overseas payrolls to include communicating monthly changes to overseas local payroll providers
• Managing payroll mailbox, responding to queries promptly, escalating queries to Group Payroll Manager as required.
• Running GL and costing reports as part of reporting for monthly management accounts.
• Assisting with tax year end and taxable benefit reporting to include preparing related employee comms and the Class 1a submission to HMRC
• Preparing annual payroll processing timetables for all UK and overseas payrolls

About you: Successful applicants should demonstrate the following:

• Previous experience of working in a payroll department within the UK
• Good payroll technical knowledge e.g. Overtime, additional hours, allowances, starter/leaver processes
• Understanding of HMRC payroll legislation e.g. SMP
• Good payroll technical knowledge e.g. Overtime, additional hours, allowances, starter/leaver processes
• Strong numerical skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Experienced user of Excel e.g. pivots, vlookups

We know it is unusual for someone to tick every box so, if you dont meet all the criteria, but demonstrate most of the skills and experience we are looking for, and have the enthusiasm to work with us, go ahead and apply.What we offer: In addition to a competitive salary, we offer employees an excellent pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution), discretionary annual bonus scheme, 25+ days holiday (not including bank holidays), standard 35-hour working week, volunteering days, anda comprehensive benefits package including private medical insurance, life assurance, and a range of flexible benefits such as cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership, healthcare cash plan, and payroll giving.Our modern and contemporary offices are based in the thriving city centre of Bristol, a stones throw away from Temple Meads train station, and within walking distance of Cabot Circus shopping centre, and numerous cafs and restaurants. Named on more thanone occasion as the best city in the UK to live in, Bristol is a cosmopolitan and creative city boasting a historic harbour, internationally renowned cultural institutions and home to world-class festivals and events.Flexible Working:The contractual location of this role is our Bristol office but we have recently moved to a hybrid working model with a dynamic and blended combination of office and remote working, dependent on business and team requirements.As there will not be a requirement for the person in this role to be in the office on a weekly basis, we are open to considering applicants from a wider geographical area who are happy to travel to Bristol once per month, subject to business needs.To apply, please submit your CV and cover note through our careers site.We aim to review applications soon after they are received, and will arrange interviews when theres someone were keen to meet, so please dont hold off applying until the closing date is approaching - we dont want you, or us, to miss out!About us:IOP Publishing is an international scientific publisher, through which leading-edge research is distributed worldwide. Our rapidly expanding journals programme is published alongside other sources of scientific information in the form of eBooks, magazinesand conference proceedings. Other publications include easily accessible community and regional websites. We are a world leader in the development of electronic publishing for the scientific community and have offices in Europe, Asia and the US. Working inthe interests of science and scientists, we aim to maximise the impact of the research we publish.IOP Publishing is central to the Institute of Physics, a not-for-profit society. Any financial surplus earned by IOP Publishing goes to supporting science through the activities of the Institute. With a continuing focus on growth, we recognise that everysingle person has a real part to play if were to achieve our aim of becoming the worlds leading publisher in our field.IOP Publishing is an equal opportunity employer. Our goal is to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are built into our identity in a way that is natural and sustainable, visible through the work we produce, our company branding, ourprofessional networks and the communities we serve and support, which includes our employees, talent communities and candidates. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented backgrounds.

Keyskills :
HMRCMicrosoft ExcelPayrollTax