Payroll & Pensions Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Payroll & Pensions Manager to join a well-established company based in Maidenhead. An experienced, professional, and competent individual is required immediately on a fixed term contract basis.

Responsibilities:

To collate, check and process monthly information for the payroll including starters, leavers, timesheets, attachment of earnings and child maintenance orders, sickness, expenses, shift enhancements and pensions.
To liaise with HR regarding sick leave, assess entitlement to occupational sick pay, calculate payments accordingly and communicate any changes of entitlement in writing to members of staff.
To enter all required data onto Sage payroll and process the payroll calculations, checking the reports produced for accuracy.
To process joiners and leavers to our two pension schemes, manage the auto enrolment process and liaise with pension providers.
To administer the pension including processing starters and leavers and calculating and tracking pensionable and non-pensionable pay, sickness pay, maternity/paternity pay and any other payments or deductions that may affect contributions to the scheme.
Provide estimates for members of staff looking to retire, complete and submit all necessary pension forms and paperwork for members of staff who are retiring.
Prepare, validate and submit the annual update for the pension.
Process the payments to staff, HMRC, pensions providers and other third parties via our online banking system or by cheque.
Produce the journal reports and post into Exchequer Accounts in line with the monthly accounts deadlines.
Reconcile payroll control accounts and the payroll bank account on a monthly basis.
Liaise with the human resources team with regard to starters, leavers and other adjustments to the monthly payroll.
To support all other departments by providing information and analysis as required and deal with all payroll queries from staff and management.
Produce reports, statutory schedules and analysis as required, including Gender Pay Gap reports.
To manage the tax year end process, produce P60s for all staff and P11Ds where required.
Manage communication with third parties including HMRC, pension providers, childcare voucher provider, and others as necessary with regard to attachment of earnings etc.
Take responsibility for updating the Sage payroll software as updates are released and manage the process of updating for each new tax year.
Maintain confidential records and archives.
Keep up to date on all taxation legislation changes and changes to payroll and pensions legislation.
Ad hoc projects as directed by the Director of Finance.Requirements:

Strong experience of payroll management in a similar role in a small to medium sized organisation.
Experience of pensions management and auto enrolment in a similar organisation.
Experience of dealing with HMRC and other third parties including RTI and year end management.
Willingness and ability to demonstrate commitment to company Values.
Strong communication skills demonstrated by the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
Ability to explain payroll transactions to a 'non-finance' audience.
Experience of improving processes and reporting to meet the changing needs of an organisation.
Experience of planning and delivering improvements to keep up to date with changes in legislation or reporting requirements.
Ability to remain calm and professional during periods of pressure.
Ability to adapt to changing needs of the charity.
Ability to deliver the payroll monthly on time every month to the required timetable.
Able to organise own work in conjunction with other staff to ensure the timetable is met each month.
Ability to work effectively with colleagues inside and outside the finance team in a supportive and positive way to establish strong and effective working relationships.
Strong customer focus and experience of delivering to agreed customer service principles.
Excellent Excel skills in order to deliver required management information.
Good general IT skills including Word.
Experience of using Sage payroll.By applying you will be registered as a candidate with Marc Daniels Specialist Recruitment Limited. Our Privacy Policy is available on our website and explains how we will use your personal data