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Senior Payroll Officer

Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Payroll Officer to administer and maintain payroll and pension services, ensuring accurate and compliant payroll processing across the organisation. The role involves managing…

Contract type Contract
Posted 8 July 2026

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Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Payroll Officer to administer and maintain payroll and pension services, ensuring accurate and compliant payroll processing across the organisation. The role involves managing payroll systems, statutory payments, reconciliations, reporting, payroll queries and financial records while supporting business improvement, maintaining strong stakeholder relationships and ensuring compliance with HMRC and payroll legislation. Experience with iTrent is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

* Manage end-to-end payroll and pensions administration, including statutory payments, expenses, absence records and payroll processing in line with current legislation.

* Maintain payroll systems, control accounts and reconciliations, ensuring all payroll transactions and records are accurate, complete and up to date.

* Produce payroll reports and analyse financial and payroll data, supporting period-end, year-end processes, statutory reporting and audits.

* Resolve complex payroll queries and work with internal and external stakeholders to identify issues, implement corrective actions and maintain excellent customer service.

* Support continuous improvement and business transformation, contributing to payroll system enhancements, procedure development and maintaining accurate computerised payroll records.

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