Payroll Administrator

The SF Group is currently working with a brilliant business based in Derby who are looking for an ongoing temporary Payroll Administrator. The role of the Payroll Administrator is very broad, with a lot of scope for the successful candidate.

The Payroll Administrator will be responsible for:

1. Support the processing of the weekly PAYE payroll for 100 employees and monthly PAYE for 50 employees using Sage 50 payroll.
2. Have responsibility for ensuring self-employed workers meet legislative requirements, collate PAYE numbers, certificates authorising work and invoices for payment. Update databases to ensure self-employed worker compliance.
3. Prepare payments for self-employed workers on a weekly basis.
4. Distribute and gather weekly timesheets from branch resource departments.
5. Help to collate branch payroll information, review and check data ensuring accurate hours rates and totalsare entered.
6. Distribute completed payroll information to the umbrella company within set deadlines.
7. Distribute pay slips and monitor holidays taken.
8. Maintain existing databases of information. Ensure that updates are entered regularly to provide a current picture at all times.
9. Respond to requests for information or wage queries. Provide accurate information formatted to the required standards and in a timely manner.
10. When required, provide support to the Accounts team to generate accurate invoices: confirming rates, invoice date, order requirements and final charges.
11. When required, assist in ensuring that invoices are sent to the client on a weekly basis, that they are accompanied by the correct paperwork and sent to the correct address.
12. Assist in project work: provide administrative support, data analysis and investigation of issues.
13. Carry out general administrative duties including; filing, photocopying, faxing, answering telephone calls and mailing.
14. Carry out any other duties that may be reasonably requested.

Experience Required of the Payroll Administrator:

1. Currently working as or experience of supporting a payroll department.
2. Experienced administrator - Has experience managing a high volume of administration with commitment to accuracy.
3. MS Excel - Skilled user with knowledge of using formulae and managing large volumes of data
4. Experienced and current user of Sage 50 payroll

Personal Qualities:
1. Customer focused - Keen to provide good customer service.
2. Confidence - Shows a professional manner. Can work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
3. Able to converse with members of staff at all levels – Comfortable dealing with all levels of staff from Track Worker to Director level.
4. Problem solver - Uses own initiative to solve queries, takes problems to a satisfactory conclusion in a timely manner, assumes responsibility and acts on own initiative.