Payroll Administrator in Edinburgh, Scotland

The Company Able Bridge Recruitment are delighted to be working with a charitable organisation in the Gyle area of Edinburgh in the recruitment of a part time payroll assistant (16 hours). The hours of this role are flexible and can fit around the successful applicant's schedule.

Benefits include:

• Employee Discount Portal with 1000s of discounts on your favourite brands (supermarkets, Cinema, Gym Membership and Holidays)
• Employee assistance programme
• Very generous holiday entitlement (pro rata)
• Above average pension contributions
• Flexible working

This vacancy, the result of a re-structure and the post becoming a newly created role, will report into the payroll coordinator. This individual will be in the office for the full 16 hours per week.

The Responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to support the payroll/HR function through a period of transition from one system to another. You will also be responsible for the business as usual functions of a payroll department including maintaining employee payroll information, working with your colleagues generally to provide a first in class payroll service and in working with OD, HR and finance teams, ensuring that employees experience a positive payroll experience.

On a day-to-day basis you can expect to be responsible for the following:

• Act as the first point of contact for routine payroll and expenses queries, providing accurate information and support to employees.
• Maintain accurate pay-related data within the HR/payroll system, ensuring changes to terms and conditions are processed correctly and on time.
• Process monthly payroll inputs, ensuring accuracy of hours, allowances, deductions and employment changes.
• Ensure expenses claims are processed accurately and in line with company policy.
• Undertake calculations for statutory payments including sick pay, maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Monitor and update pension auto-enrolment requirements, ensuring compliance with legislation.
• Identify data errors or inconsistencies, resolving issues or escalating them to the Payroll Coordinator where required.
• Produce routine payroll reports and provide data to support payroll checking, audit and compliance activity.
• Keep up to date with changes to payroll legislation and share relevant information with the Payroll Coordinator and People & OD colleagues.

The Requirements

We are seeking a candidate who has a minimum of 3 years of payroll experience, ideally in an environment where a new payroll system has been implemented. Candidates will also need to be IT literate and have strong working knowledge of Excel. Payroll legislative knowledge is a vital competency for the post so good knowledge in this area is key. Communication skills and the ability to resolve queries is also a fundamental requirement. You can expect the role to be busy and varied and we would expect candidates to have the ability to multi-task and juggle multiple tasks and priorities.

In our view, this role would be perfect for a parent who is looking to work during school hours; however, it is open to all applicants seeking part time hours. Our client does not hold a license to offer study support so will only consider applicants who are able to work unrestricted within the UK and who are based in the immediate vicinity.

If you are interested in hearing more detail about this role or would like to have a confidential chat about a potential career move, please do not hesitate in contacting me.