Payroll Administrator

Job Summary

Portfolio Payroll are currently working with a busy and vibrant client payroll business in Newcastle who are currently recruiting for a Payroll Administrator with Education experience to join their team. Working for an established firm with opportunity for progression this business is the ideal setting to enhance your career.

Key Objectives:

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• To process outsourced payroll
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• Excellent Service delivery
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• End to End Payroll Administration
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• Maintain working knowledge and understanding of current statutory legislation
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• Enrolling New Starters
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• Liaising with HMRC
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• RTI, Pensions,
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• Collating timesheets
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• Inputting data onto the system
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• Checking timesheets are correct
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• Creating statutory payment schedules & top up
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• Manual calculations - starters & leavers, tax & NI, student loans, pensions
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• Using imports for data processing
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• Early payroll runs & re-runs & payments after leaving
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• Apprenticeship levy, Employment allowance, Small ER relief - calculations and implementation
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• Payroll reversals/corrections
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• Court orders processing
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• Taking inbound calls
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• General administration duties
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Skills and attributes:

Essential Criteria

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• Demonstrable experience processing school and/or academy payrolls end-to-end
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• Working knowledge of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), including contribution bandings and employer/employee reporting requirements
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• Experience producing and submitting i-Connect files to the relevant LGPS pension fund/administering authority
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• Familiarity with MCR (Monthly Contributions Return) processing and submission
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Desirable Criteria

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• Experience working within a payroll bureau or shared-service environment supporting multiple school/academy clients
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• Understanding of Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) alongside LGPS, where roles span both
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• Experience liaising with local authority pension teams and school business managers
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Experience with term-time only contracts and associated pro-rata and annualised salary calculations

Salary and Benefits:

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• Monday to Friday
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• Hybrid working
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• 25 days Holiday plus bank holidays
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• Birthday off
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• Bonus scheme
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• Additional leave
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• Company events
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• Company pension
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• Private medical insurance
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• Referral programme
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• Recognition awards
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• Enhanced statutory leave
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The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.