Payroll Officer

Payroll Officer

£33,000 - £35000

Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours

Full time office based in Wavertree, Liverpool – no hybrid options

Gray Healthcare are looking to recruit a Payroll Officer who will be responsible for managing and operating the organisation’s payroll systems and cycles, with the greatest level and accuracy and efficiency.

The role also involves responsibility for accounts receivable and other accounting tasks.

Key Responsibilities of the Payroll Officer:

Own the completion of the company’s payroll routines and payroll cycles.

Ensure all aspects of payroll are completed to meet relevant ethical, regulatory compliance and legal standards, having due regard for the policies and processes of the organisation, as well as legislative payroll practices.

Maintain payroll information by collecting, calculating, and entering data.

Input pension amendments, process auto enrolment and submissions to the external pension provider (Legal & General)

Calculate statutory payments such as SSP, SPP and SMP and deal with Attachment of Earnings

Processing of P11D returns, tax code changes, P45, and RTI submissions.

Monthly payroll journal uploads, accurate and timely.

Maintain monthly payroll accruals for holidays and worked hours not paid.

Reconcile hours worked per time records against contracted hours.

Work closely with HR to ensure processing accuracy and data integrity.

Answer staff questions about salary, deductions, attendance, time records, as well as dealing with pension queries.

Liaison with various external agencies such as HMRC and pension provider.

Ensure employee confidence through protection of payroll operations, keeping information confidential.

New entrant and leaver procedures to be completed to meet payroll deadline.

Produce monthly, supplemental reports, and ad-hoc analysis to agreed deadlines, including reconciliation of payroll balance sheet accounts such as Pension Control Account, Net Pay control etc.

Undertake all integrity and audit checks to ensure information received from operational, clinical and central teams are authorised, accurate and completed within the deadlines.

Maintain key stakeholder management, establish and maintain effective working relationships both internally and externally, contributing subject matter expertise in organisational development and company service’s evaluation.

Provide support to the Financial Accountant in the achievement of the team and organisation’s strategic projects

Monthly accounts receivable run and all associated debt collection when required

Monthly accounts receivable accrual and reporting schedule

Weekly cash top ups to the package prepaid debit cards and weekly reconciliation

Processing monthly and ad hoc expense runs

Provide additional support and/or cover for other administrative and operational tasks within the Finance team subject to critical business need.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience of the Payroll Officer:

Proven experience as a Payroll specialist

Expert knowledge of Income Tax, National Insurance, SSP and SMP

Ability to calculate Gross to Net pay manually

Strong IT skills including Microsoft Excel and Office

Trustworthy with attention to confidentiality

Outstanding organisational ability with great attention to detail

Excellent communication skills

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience of the Payroll Officer:

Payroll qualification

Accounts experience

Benefits:

Highly competitive salary

Company pension

Professional development

25 days annual leave

1 day annual leave increase after 12 months

Blue light card

About Us

Gray Healthcare is a specialist Health & Social Care provider, supporting people with complex needs, disabilities and long-term conditions looking to step back into the community from in-patient support services.

At Gray Healthcare we offer our own dynamic approach to care, enabling people to move back into their own homes – into their own communities – giving them control of their life.

We create a bespoke support packages for each individual, with support from our own multi-disciplinary team, adaptable to meet all current and future needs