Group Payroll Administrator (FTC)
Posted 1 week ago by Carey Olsen
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Group Payroll Administrator will manage the processing of weekly and monthly in-house payrolls while coordinating with a global payroll bureau for outsourced payrolls. This full-time position requires collaboration with the HR team to ensure efficient payroll services. The role is based in one of the offices located in Southampton, Guernsey, or Jersey, and is offered on a 6-month fixed-term contract basis.
Key Responsibilities:
- Process monthly payroll for in-house and outsourced payrolls.
- Review employment activities that may cause payroll variances.
- Manage central payroll inbox to collate changes by payroll cut-off date.
- Prepare calculations for pay variations using existing systems or manual methods.
- Run gross to net and pay period comparison reports, reviewing variances.
- Obtain required approvals and perform 4 eye checks.
- Address issues raised during review prior to sign-off.
- Pass signed payroll bundle to finance for final approval and execution.
- Maintain payroll process notes and investigate employee pay issues.
- Identify temps and students for weekly pay, prepare calculations, and submit to Finance.
Key Skills:
- Payroll administration processing experience.
- Strong academic background with good numerical aptitude.
- Good Microsoft Excel skills.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to maintain confidentiality regarding sensitive information.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Southampton
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
We are seeking a Group Payroll Administrator on a 6 month fixed term contract basis to be responsible for processing our weekly and monthly in-house payrolls as well as liaising with our global payroll bureau regarding our outsourced payrolls. The post holder will work closely with the HR team to ensure a smooth and efficient payroll service to the business. This is a full time role that can be based in one of our Southampton, Guernsey or Jersey offices.
Principal duties:
- Process monthly payroll for our in-house and outsourced payrolls
- Review employment activities that may give rise to a monthly payroll variance – e.g. joiners, leavers, overtime, variation in hours, pay review, bonus award, tax rate changes, maternity pay, sick pay, unpaid leave etc.
- Manage central payroll inbox to ensure all changes are collated by the relevant payroll cut-off date
- Prepare calculations for each variation of pay, using either existing systems or manual calculation
- Run gross to net and pay period comparison reports and review variances from previous pay period
- Obtain the required 4 eye check and approvals
- Deal with any issues raised at review prior to sign off
- Pass the signed off payroll bundle to finance for final approval and execution
- Deal with any payroll issues identified at the processing stage
- Maintain payroll process notes
- Investigate employee pay issues
- Identify temps and students for weekly pay, prepare calculations, obtain relevant check and approval and submit to Finance for execution
The ideal candidate will have:
- Payroll administration processing experience (essential)
- Strong academic background with good numerical aptitude
- Good Microsoft Excel skills
- Good verbal and written skills
- Able to preserve the utmost confidentiality in relation to all sensitive aspects of work