Payroll and Benefits Officer

Description:

Our client who is a well established university based in Lincoln has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Payroll & Benefits Officer to join their team as soon as possible!

This will be a permanent opportunity, working full time hours Monday to Friday and offering an annual salary of £29,605 - £36,024 depending on experience.

Working within a busy HR department, the focus of the role is to ensure efficient delivery of the payroll, benefits and pension service through effective workload management, including payroll processing and pension administration.

Duties of the role will

· Maintaining a good working knowledge of the pension schemes
· To ensure that employee queries are resolved in a timely and accurate manner
· Ensure all payroll processing and pensions administration is completed within required deadlines
· Managing the benefits program, which may include Cycle to Work scheme, childcare vouchers and other salary sacrifice schemes
· Ensure all necessary payroll data for tax codes, NI letters and student loans are applied in a timely manner
· Produce and submit timely and accurate data as required to HMRC and pensions providers on a monthly basis
· Lead on payroll audits as required, liaising with internal and external auditors on all aspects of payroll management
· Complete all necessary year end tasks, including P60's, P11D's, reconciliations, data integrity checks, producing reports, making submissions in accordance with statutory requirements
· Carry out all other administrative duties connected with payroll processing

The successful candidate will need to have the

· Experience in all pension administration and payroll related transactions
· A working knowledge of government related pension schemes for example, the Teacher's Pension Scheme (TPS) and Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) would be desirable
· Comfortable using MS Office functions including Outlook, Excel and Word
· Able to demonstrate experience of working in payroll and pensions
· Experience of I-Trent payroll software would be a distinct advantage

Please apply online in the first instance, send your CV to (url removed) or call Barker Ross Lincoln on (phone number removed) today!

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

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