AMS PSR

On behalf of our client, we are looking for a Payroll Specialist (Inside IR35) for a 3 Month contract.

Hybrid - 1 day per week in Newport or Swindon & the remainder WFH.

As a Payroll Specialist, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert in payroll supporting the payroll team and clients as needed for both day-to-day activity and during assigned projects.
• Resolve complex payroll queries from clients, internal teams, and employees, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with Customer Support Services, HR and Finance teams to ensure complete customer satisfaction regarding complex payroll casework.
• Own the payroll In Year and Tax Year End process for our clients including reconciliation of tax, National Insurance contributions and statutory absence deductions. This will include submitting EPS and monitoring the HMRC Gateway accounts to ensure they ae accurately maintained.
• Engage with digital teams to ensure payroll impacting year end patches / quarterly releases are fully tested and approved.
• Assist in the monthly BACS submission process, including reconciliations and approvals, ensuring compliance across all client payrolls

Essential:

• Previously worked in a payroll service delivery department.
• Knowledge of current statutory payroll guidelines and best practice.
• Ability to accurately calculate gross to net calculations manually, including overpayment calculations.
• Able to translate complex payroll information to a non-payroll audience.
• Able to interpret and present complex data in a range of formats to multiple audience types.
• Fantastic attention to detail, motivated by producing high quality work.
• Experience of handling challenging conversations/complaints

Desirable:

• Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) qualification.
• Knowledge and experience of Oracle or similar ERP / SaaS system.
• Experience of conversing and influencing with senior managers

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, our client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

DE&I Commitment

Our client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".