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Payroll Specialist

Portfolio Payroll
Manchester Full-time GBP 28,000 – 32,000
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Portfolio Payroll are working with a high performing Payroll Bureau in Manchester who are looking for a for Payroll Specialist to work as part of their Payroll team, where you will be responsible for ensuring our clients remain compliant with legislation and best practices related to payroll processing, reporting and taxation.

The role:

  • Collate, interpret and validate data supplied by clients for processing

  • Process client data in line with departmental processes & procedures

  • Communication with clients in line with departmental processes and procedures

  • Analyse & manage payroll output for accuracy and to meet legislative requirements

  • Highlight and escalate/respond to any matter that may affect the smooth running of client payrolls

  • Perform reconciliations and EOY processes as required by the client schedule

  • Prepare and complete manually calculated payslips

  • Respond to allocated client queries and take appropriate action in accordance with service level performance targets

  • Liaise with other departments to meet client service definition criteria

  • Ensure client Payroll Procedures manual is current

  • Provide information as necessary to statutory bodies

  • Maintain knowledge of current products and services

  • Maintain knowledge of current statutory legislation

  • Work with other team members to meet payroll deadlines

  • Participate in the collation and analysis of payroll service performance statistics and resulting improvement plans

  • Utilise knowledge to contribute to the training programmes for new and less experienced members of staff

What you bring to the team:
  • Previous experience working within a payroll bureau environment

  • Experience processing client payrolls end-to-end

  • Experience managing your own portfolio/client base

  • Confident carrying out manual payroll calculations

  • Experience handling payroll queries and working to multiple deadlines

  • Experience using ADP iHCM would be highly advantageous, although this is not essential at all as training can be provided

Benefits:
  • Hybrid working 3 in the office 2 at home

  • 5 hrs - Mon-Fri 9.5.30

  • 25 days annual leave per year

  • Private Medical Insurance

  • Dental Insurance

  • Discounted Gym memberships

  • Company Pension Plan

  • Income protection

  • Life cover & Life Assurance

  • Discounted Dining Card

  • Discounted cinema tickets

  • Flexible Annual Leave

  • Employee Assistance Programme

  • Savings available from all your favourite Tech, Supermarket, Travel, Home & DIY and Shopping retailers

  • Financial assistance for employees who undertake pre-approved courses

  • Professional Memberships

  • Social Club

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The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.

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