Payroll Technician
PURPOSE
To perform a range of payroll and pension functions in support of Force policies and regulations; specifically provide a payroll service which is accurate and achieved to challenging deadlines.
To act as a point of liaison with stakeholders on all pay matters – including internal colleagues, Officers and staff as well as external bodies such as HMRC, CSA etc.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Interpret data from different providers and perform calculations, coding and input of payroll information, including, for example, permanent and temporary deductions, sickness, maternity, student loans, tax code changes, payment of arrears. Update payroll system accordingly.
- Deal with all payroll queries from members of staff including those relating to tax, National Insurance and entry level pension queries.
- Deal with external requests for payroll information such as mortgage requests, CSA queries.
- Deal with internal requests to advise on any potential overpayment given a late notice of a change of circumstances and to provide statements of potential earnings to be used in respect of legal cases.
- Administer systems for time recording to ensure that payments outside of stated timescales are paid or recovered as required.