Payroll Administrator

Sewell Wallis is working with one of the largest rail businesses in the world. They have roughly 2,000 employees and are operating in a number of different countries.

Due to expansion, this Doncaster-based company is now looking to appoint a Payroll Administrator to join its team permanently.

The ideal candidate for this Payroll Administrator role will have experience in running a large payroll on a monthly basis and some experience with P11d's and benefits in kind.

What will you be doing?

• Administration of the company's Flexible Benefits and Recognition Programme, including Cycle to Work, Childcare Vouchers, Annual Leave Purchase Scheme and Fuel & Go.
• Coordination of the company's Benefits in Kind, including payrolling benefits and P11d reporting for the company fleet, staff travel and private medical insurance ensuring compliance with payroll legislation.
• Administration of the Defined Benefit & Defined Contribution Company Pension Schemes and AVCs, including Automatic Enrolment; annual reassessment activities, pension governance, interfaces to pension providers and calculation of pension contributions in line with the scheme rules.
• Ensure payroll compliance by adherence to all statutory guidelines such as PAYE, National Minimum Wage, Salary Sacrifice and providing advisory support to employees in such matters.
• Monitoring and calculating of company and statutory pay and leave entitlements in line with company policy and compliance with statutory guidelines.
• Processing new starters and leavers in line with the company policies and payroll legislation.
• Completion of tax year end activities, including the reconciliation of statutory payments whilst adhering to legislative deadlines.
• Review and maintain the payroll Business Continuity Plan, ensuring all relevant documentation is kept up to date.
• Perform any necessary internal checks on data, ensuring that all transactional processes and the four-eye principle are complied with, in addition to supporting annual internal and external audits.
• Provision of Payroll Services for internal and external companies in a timely and accurate manner.
• Processing compensation changes in line with the company policies.
• Verification of payroll control reports supporting the pre-approval process. Performing the final Utilisation of HR Information Systems (HRIS) to maintain employee pay information, answer queries and resolve problems from colleagues, the wider business and third parties

What skills are we looking for?

• 2-5 years' experience within a payroll department.
• Experience with Microsoft Office products, with strength in Excel
• Flexibility around working hours required at peak periods.
• Experience of working to strict deadlines and prioritising workloads.
• Experience of maintaining attention to detail and accurate data entry required.
• Experience in communicating with a broad range of internal and external customers, at all levels

What's on offer?

• Free parking
• Hybrid working
• Study support
• Competitive salary

Apply for this role below, or for more information, contact Lewis.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.