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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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