Payroll Data Analyst

Payroll Data Analyst

Posted 7 days ago by HAYS

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Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
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Summary: The Payroll Data Analyst role is a six-month fixed-term contract based in Cheltenham, focusing on supporting and reconciling the monthly payroll operation. The position requires ensuring accuracy and consistency in payroll processes while collaborating with finance and payroll managed services. The role also involves administrative tasks related to pensions and reporting, contributing to various people projects as needed. The position offers hybrid working arrangements with flexible hours and a competitive salary based on experience.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Reconciliation of Oracle to the payroll providers, ensuring that databases are in sync at all times.
  • Supporting administering monthly submission of people changes to payroll, and ensuring payroll deadlines are met.
  • Liaising with the finance team and our payroll managed service to ensure payroll variances are resolved efficiently and accurately.
  • Support the Payroll Manager with thorough payroll checks each month, to ensure that all payslips are accurate and that all changes have been actioned correctly.
  • Working closely with our payroll managed service to ensure the data is clean to support correct processing of RTI, Tax, Student Loans, National Insurance, P11D, P45's, P60's, SSP, and Maternities.
  • Support the reconciliation of annual tasks such as loading changes for salary reviews, minimum wage uplifts, and bonuses when required.
  • Running monthly compliance checks and making required changes.
  • Completing the ONS report on a monthly basis.
  • Support the Payroll Manager with Pension scheme administration as required.
  • Be involved with future people's projects as appropriate, by sharing ideas through managing implementation.
  • Ad-hoc reporting is required across the business.
  • Undertake other ad-hoc administration duties as required by the team, identifying problem areas and offering viable solutions.

Key Skills:

  • 3 plus years within Payroll doing it from start to finish.
  • Great system use, especially Excel - Pivots, lookups and formulas are needed for this role.
  • Use of Oracle would also be beneficial but not essential.
  • Quick adaptability to new systems.

Salary (Rate): £40,000 yearly

City: Cheltenham

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Your new company
Hays has the privilege of working with an ever-growing company based in Cheltenham who are looking to add to their team with a Payroll Data Analyst.

Your new role
The Payroll Data Analyst - Payroll & Reward is responsible for reconciling and supporting the monthly payroll operation, ensuring that each stage of the payroll process is robust, actively promoting a culture of best practice and consistency in all analytical areas.

Tasks/Duties
Payroll

  • Reconciliation of Oracle to the payroll providers, ensuring that databases are in sync at all times.
  • Supporting administering monthly submission of people changes to payroll, and ensuring payroll deadlines are met.
  • Liaising with the finance team and our payroll managed service to ensure payroll variances are resolved efficiently and accurately. Keep clear records of any over-payments or re-run payslips for tax and pension corrections. Escalate any issues to the Payroll Manager.
  • Support the Payroll Manager with thorough payroll checks each month, to ensure that all payslips are accurate and that all changes have been actioned correctly.
  • Working closely with our payroll managed service to ensure the data is clean to support correct processing of RTI, Tax, Student Loans, National Insurance, P11D, P45's, P60's, SSP, and Maternities, providing any information they need to complete this.
  • Support the reconciliation of annual tasks such as loading changes for salary reviews, minimum wage uplifts, and bonuses when required.
  • Running monthly compliance checks and making required changes.
  • Completing the ONS report on a monthly basis.

Pension:
Support the Payroll Manager with
Pension scheme administration was required.

  • Be involved with future people's projects as appropriate, by sharing ideas through managing implementation, eg People System, Onboarding processes, Absence Management system, colleague surveys.
  • Ad-hoc reporting is required across the business.
  • Undertake other ad-hoc administration duties as required by the team, identifying problem areas and offering viable solutions.

What you'll need to succeed
- 3 plus years within Payroll doing it from start to finish
- Great system use, especially Excel - Pivots, lookups and formulas are needed for this role. Excel knowledge is a must.
- Use of Oracle would also be beneficial but not essential, but quick use of systems and the ability to pick them up would be advantageous.

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.
Hybrid working options - 2 days in office, 3 days at home
Flexi working hours
28-day holidays

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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