Payroll Administrator

About Us:

Neo People Management is a nationally recognised leader in providing HR and payroll solutions for schools and multi academy trusts in the UK. We understand the challenges of working within schools and academy trusts and have been supporting our clients to grow and develop for over a decade. We offer proactive operational and strategic HR advice to hundreds of schools throughout the whole of England and deliver an extremely high-quality payroll and pensions service that processes the salary requirements of approx. 35,000 school-based staff each month. We are specialists in the education sector with a highly qualified team. We are passionate about supporting the education sector in payroll and HR.

About the Role:

It is an exciting period of growth and expansion at Neo People, and we are currently looking to recruit commercially minded Administrators, to join our fast-paced Payroll team.

No previous payroll experience is required (but is desirable) as training will be offered to the successful applicants. If you have a can do attitude and willing to take on the challenge of working within a fast paced environment we would like to hear from you.

Main responsibilities include (but will not be limited to):

• Working closely with the Pensions and Payroll teams to input customer data into the iTrent system and running reports
• Ensuring all payroll data matches and is forwarded and processed
• Ensuring all queries are actioned and resolved
• Supporting clients with data reporting weekly and upon request
• Answering incoming calls and deal with appropriately.
• Support administration practices in accordance with changing business/team needs and legal requirements.
• Providing breakdowns to our payroll for processing
• Managing client queries, requests and liaising with them based on the dynamic changes for payroll
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment, where our internal and external clients are at the core of everything we do.

Please note that this role is based substantively at our modern offices in Bury, Greater Manchester.

About You:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for the following:

• A strong administrator with Advanced Excel skills, specifically (VLookups, Pivot Tables etc), problem solving, data analysis to manipulate and upload data, data management skills.
• Basic understanding of payroll is desirable
• High attention to detail and problem solving
• Ability to work as part of a highly motivated team and the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Ability to manage multiple accounts and projects at a time, while maintaining attention to detail
• Ready to challenge discrepancies where occurring
• Hands-on attitude and willingness to learn.

Our Benefits:

Please note that the salary range for this role is £25,000 – £28,000 per annum depending on experience.

• 28 days holiday and get an extra day for each year you stay with us, up to max 33 days PLUS bank holidays.
• We pay for a Healthcare Plan once you've passed probation, which includes access to a private GP.
• From day 1, free life insurance covering up to x4 your salary.
• We'll both add money into your pension pot after 3 months.
• Choose what flexible benefits you want after you've passed probation – this could be buying extra holiday, dental, topping up your healthcare plan, bikes, gym membership, electric cars and give as you earn.
• Get 25% off online learning resources for year 1 to GCSE with EdPlace.
• Learning and development opportunities

NEOINDEED!