Maternity Cover Payroll Technician

Thrive Group are recruiting for a Payroll Technician for 9 months maternity cover, located in the Swindon area.

This is a full-time position, paying up to £30,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to the following:

Respond to ad-hoc payroll related queries.
PAYE investigation Underpayments/Overpayments.
Review Work of the Payroll Technician/Trainee.
Process BACS Payments.
Setting up PAYE Schemes.
Assist External & Internal Staff with Payroll Issues.
Accurately input payroll amendments into the payroll system, produce the output reports and payslips, and check the data before sending to the client.
Ensure accurate calculation of PAYE, NI deductions, statutory absence payments and year end returns.
Ensure clients are making monthly payments of PAYE to the Collector of Taxes and monitor the receipt of PAYE cheques.
Process Own Portfolio of Clients Start to finish with no intervention.
Assist Payroll Technicians with any queries/complex calculations.
Keep up to date with Technical Knowledge and apply this knowledge to all Client and Internal Staff queries.
Manages own Portfolio of Clients - including sending out Information to clients to keep them up to date with legislation changes.
Acts as a subject matter expert and/or resource to others in the area of payroll processing.
Reviews, analyses and verifies payroll reports and documents for accuracy; makes necessary adjustments or corrections.
Analyses and responds to complex matters requiring comprehensive knowledge of payroll policies and procedures.
Calling HMRC to deal with Underpayment/Overpayment including requesting refunds.
Dealing with Holiday Pay Schemes.
Dealing with CIS schemes including Adding contractors to payroll and verifying them.
Apply internal quality procedures when processing payrolls (checklists are used for this purpose).
On an on-going basis check the payroll to confirm it complies with deadline and legislative requirements.
Reviews, analyses and verifies payroll reports and documents for accuracy; makes necessary adjustments or corrections.
Dealing with CIS schemes including Adding contractors to payroll and verifying them.The successful candidate will:

Have at least 3 years' payroll experience
Be willing to learn and undertake NVQ in Payroll.
Have effective communication skills, written and verbal.
Have xcellent prioritisation and time management skills.
Be able to work in an organised manner to strict deadlines and manage multiple priorities.
Be client focussed.
Have excellent Interpersonal skills.
Be methodical, with attention to detail.

For more information please apply and a member of the team will be in touch.

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