This is a 3-4 month contract with a local authority, aimed at providing reliable, efficient, and high-quality administrative support to the payroll team. The role is crucial in delivering a specialist payroll service by accurately handling a variety of payroll, pension, employment, and financial processing tasks.

Set up and maintain new starter records accurately within payroll systems.
Process changes to existing employee contracts, including salary, hours, and personal details.
Calculate payroll-related data such as pay adjustments, deductions, and entitlements.
Support payroll runs by ensuring data is accurate and processed within deadlines.
Assist with pension-related administrative tasks, ensuring compliance with regulations.
Process financial transactions and maintain accurate payroll records.
Ensure all data is correctly recorded and updated in relevant systems.

Requirements

Essential Experience Required:
- Previous administrative experience, ideally within payroll, HR, or finance.
- Experience handling data entry and record-keeping with high accuracy.
- Experience dealing with customer or employee queries.

Essential Qualifications Required:
- GCSEs or equivalent (including Maths and English) or relevant experience.
- Payroll-related training or qualification (desirable but not essential).

The role closes soon, apply ASAP.

Payroll Administrator