Payroll Services Advisor
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Payroll Officer/Payroll Services Advisor to join the Payroll Services team to support our payroll shared services for clients across the Black Country and beyond, processing circa.50,000 employees.
Based in Wolverhampton, you will be responsible for a section of payroll for day to day processing, inputting and calculation associated with providing an excellent payroll service.
Main duties of the job
Payroll processing, accurately calculating and administering a designated payroll portfolio including all variations to pay and details affecting pay for staff concerned.
Dealing with employees queries through various communication methods.
The payroll system uses a dedicated NHS system; Electronic Staff Record (ESR) this is an Oracle based system. Experience of Oracle or ESR is highly desirable. An excellent understanding of statutory legislation together with a sound knowledge of IT is essential.You should be able to use Word, Excel and Outlook confidently. Knowledge of EASY would be helpful but not essential.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To accurately calculate and administer a designated payroll portfolio including all variations to pay and details affecting pay for staff concerned.
To complete all administration for a designated payroll portfolio inclusive of 'P' forms (P45/P46/P60/P6) and send standard letters to employees and external bodies.
To ensure the provision of a 'gold standard' pensions service to employees.
Assistance with the ongoing development of internal Payroll procedures and controls
To assist Team Leaders, with HMRC on taxation issues
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- Previous Payroll Experience in NHS Payroll/Expenses
- Experience of complex payroll calculations
- Experience of Microsoft Applications, including Excel and Word
- Ability to plan own workload to ensure weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual deadlines are met.
- Use of Payroll Software, ideally Oracle
- Advance IT skills- high accuracy required
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Good standard of Education 4 GCSEs grade C or above including English and Maths
- Qualification within Payroll (NPC, CIPP) or NVQIII or equivalent gained through training and experience
We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process.By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.
Furthermore, a sample of all applicants’ qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.
Sponsorship - Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. As of 1 January 2021, free movement ended and the UK introduced a points-based immigration system.Further information is available regarding two types of visa; Health Care Visa https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/your-job and Skilled worker visa https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.