Payroll Coordinator

Salary:
Depending on experience Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Location:
Haywards Heath This is a 9 month fixed term contract and the successful candidate needs to start on the 12th August The Company: The company an innovative and entrepreneurial group of companies specialising in Motor Insurance Services. This is an excellent opportunity for a career with an Investors in People Gold Champion organisation. Due to the continued success and expansion of the company, they are now looking to recruit a Payroll Coordinator on a 9 month contract basis. The post holder will be working for the Group Payroll Team within Group Finance. The Job Role: Prepare accurate monthly payroll for Group of Companies, adhering to strict deadlines for more than one pay date Liaise with staff and Managers with delegated authorities to ensure all monthly payments are signed off correctly and in line with the Group's Financial procedures Liaise with HR to ensure all basic data including new starters, leavers and contractual changes are processed in line with payroll cut off dates To calculate and process all Maternity, Paternity and family related leave Process sickness on a monthly basis Compile, prepare and complete uploads of monthly allowances, timesheets and deductions Establish and maintain good communications with all areas of the business and its employees ensuring service levels are maintained and an excellent service is provided at all times, making each visit to payroll a pleasant one To fully investigate ALL queries on behalf of employees and respond within service levels and react to incident resolution To ensure effective communications with HMRC regarding tax issues and queries with student loans, tax codes and tax queries. Wherever possible promoting the HRMC website for employee use of their self-service portal In conjunction with the Payroll Manager, to oversee the effective provision of payroll processes for the HRSC Team and ensure all legal obligations are met Be proactive in contacting other areas of the business to improve service levels, remedy persistent reoccurring issues or problems and to eliminate payroll errors The successful candidate will have the following experience/skills: Essential Minimum of 3 years working within a payroll team/environment Excellent level of up to date payroll legislation, including HMRC requirements Excellent customer service and team player Able to work in a fast-paced, varied and demanding environment Desired Experience of processing payroll for a large diverse organisation or for multiple clients Experience with SD Worx (Ceridian) Knowledge of SMP, SAP, SPP etc Some experience of EDI and RTI transactions Experience of bringing in new employees and payrolls through mergers and acquisitions