Senior Payroll Administrator - 12-18 months contract

Our client, a leading media organisation, are looking for an experienced Senior Payroll Administrator. You will be working in their shared service centre based in Leicester city centre working across their group of publications. The successful candidate will report into the Payroll Manager and will be reviewing and processing salaries and across multiple payrolls, whilst also supporting the Payroll Administrators.

What you can expect:

Up to £32,000
Working hours are Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.30pm (1-hour lunch)
This position will be office based through the initial training period and will then move into a hybrid role
25 days' holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
Upon joining you will be automatically enrolled onto the Pension Plan at the minimum level of 5% employee, 3% company contribution
Life cover under the Pension Plan 4x your basic salary
Discounts on online shopping, vouchers and reloadable cards
Employee Assistance Programme
Discounted dining cards

Duties and responsibilities:

Processing of amendments on the iTrent payroll system prior to the payroll deadline
Inform relevant stakeholders of any known missing data and ensure that this data is complete on Workday and received in iTrent prior to the payroll deadline
Review the errors, exceptions and elements reports and reconcile to final payroll
Update the system for all leave types ensuring pay is accurately calculated
Ensure pension deductions are processed accurately and in line with Auto-enrolment and Pensions Salary Sacrifice/Exchange procedures
Ensure all documentation for new starters and leavers is entered onto the payroll system
Distribution of P45's, statement of earnings and other documentation as required
Assist with the BACS report, payroll summaries, final analysis and reconciliations
Responding to queries from the Payroll Admin inbox
Payroll reconciliations
Assist in the preparation and issuing of P60's to employees and provide details to the Inland Revenue by the required deadline
Assist other members of the team when necessary, including the weekly payroll, internal and external audits
Generate and analyse payroll reports to support financial and management reporting

Skills and experience required:

Previous experience of working within multi-site group structures desirable
End to end payroll experience essential
Experience of working in a busy payroll function where priorities can change to adapt to business needs
Knowledge of iTrent and Workday advantageous with good working knowledge of Excel (Pivot tables / VLOOKUP's)
A strong team ethic with good communication skills
Good attention to detail and the ability to organise and prioritise tasks to demanding deadlines
Must be well organised and capable of managing various payrolls and internal / external clients simultaneously
Pro-active approach to identifying problems and formulating solutions