At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage end-to-end payroll processes and ensure excellent service delivery.
- Company: Join a vibrant payroll business in Newcastle with great career progression.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid working, 25 days holiday, and private medical insurance.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic team with exciting company events and recognition awards.
- Why this job: Enhance your career in a supportive environment while making a real impact.
- Qualifications: Experience in school payrolls and knowledge of pension schemes required.
The predicted salary is between 33750 - 41250 £ per year.
Summary
Portfolio Payroll are currently working with a busy and vibrant client payroll business in Newcastle who are currently recruiting for a Senior Payroll Administrator with education experience to join their team.
Working for an established firm with opportunity for progression this business is the ideal setting to enhance your career.
- Key Objectives
- To process outsourced payroll
- Excellent Service delivery
- End to End Payroll Administration
- Maintain working knowledge and understanding of current statutory legislation
- Enrolling New Starters
- Liaising with HMRC
- RTI, Pensions,
- Collating timesheets
- Inputting data onto the system
- Checking timesheets are correct
- Creating statutory payment schedules & top up
- Manual calculations - starters & leavers, tax & NI, student loans, pensions
- Using imports for data processing
- Early payroll runs & re-runs & payments after leaving
- Apprenticeship levy, Employment allowance, Small ER relief - calculations and implementation
- Payroll reversals/corrections
- Court orders processing
- Taking inbound calls
- General administration duties
Skills and attributes
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable experience processing school and/or academy payrolls end-to-end
- Working knowledge of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), including contribution bandings and employer/employee reporting requirements
- Experience producing and submitting i-Connect files to the relevant LGPS pension fund/administering authority
- Familiarity with MCR (Monthly Contributions Return) processing and submission
Desirable Criteria
- Experience working within a payroll bureau or shared-service environment supporting multiple school/academy clients
- Understanding of Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) alongside LGPS, where roles span both
- Experience liaising with local authority pension teams and school business managers Experience with term-time only contracts and associated pro-rata and annualised salary calculations
Salary and Benefits
- Monday to Friday
- Hybrid working
- 25 days Holiday plus bank holidays
- Birthday off
- Bonus scheme
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme Recognition awards
- Enhanced statutory leave
- INDPAYN
The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.
Salary
Job Type
Permanent
Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
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