Payroll Assistant

Here at Peacocks we have a fantastic opportunity for Payroll Assistant to join our Payroll team based at our Head Office in Cardiff

If you would like to be part of a forward-thinking business and have a job with excellent career prospects, we would love to hear from you.

As a Payroll Assistant, you will help support the full payroll process, including managing SSP, SMP, starters, and leavers. You'll ensure compliance with statutory regulations and help meet critical deadlines.


Responsibilities/ Objectives:
• Check electronic starter/leaver/change forms received from branches and manual forms from Head Office
• Upload weekly/monthly hours from branches
• Calculate and process SSP/SMP/SPP/SAP
• Download and check Tax Codes/Student loans from the Inland Revenue
• Check and enter P46/P45 tax forms
• Complete benefit forms / Mortgage references
• Isle of Man Payroll/Guernsey Payroll
• Process data to strict timetable deadlines ensuring that all data received in payroll is accurate and ready for uploading
• Check trial run data that has been imputed by payroll team and communicate any errors back to management for corrections to be made.
• Checking and paying over of AOE/CSA order deductions
• Checking and paying over of voluntary deductions
• Liaise with branches / Head Office colleagues
• Deal with any payroll queries as they arise from colleagues or 3rd party via telephone, E-mail & post
• Run any necessary reports required by other departments in Excel
• Open post & filing

Experience and Skills Required
• Experience of working within a Payroll function.
• Good attention to detail
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office suite,with focus on Excel
• Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to work efficiently and effectively
• Excellent communication skills
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