Payroll Officer

at  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Payroll Officer to join our busy team on a 12 months fixed term basis
The Employment Services department provides payroll, pensions, salary sacrifice and expenses services to the Trust and client organisations. The post holder is responsible for processing payroll, salary sacrifice and expenses for allocated account/s, providing day to day supervision and training in own duties to the Payroll Administrators.
Interview Date - Week commencing 02-September-2024
Responsible for assisting the Payroll Team Leader in the day to day supervision of designated Payroll Administrators, the training of new staff and end to end payroll processing
Processing payroll, salary sacrifice and expenses for allocated account/s.
Working as part of a team to ensure ownership of work for allocated account/s.
Process payroll in accordance with the Trust’s SFI’s, internal procedures, account contract requirements and statutory obligations.
Deal with escalated queries from Payroll Administrators/Payroll Assistants
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide cover during periods of annual leave/sickness absence.
Comply with all legal requirements, including the General Data Protection Regulations and Freedom of information requests.
Develop skills and competencies of self through training and development activities, ensuring that progress is maintained, and future needs identified and actioned.
Maintain own compliance with the Trusts mandatory and statutory training requirements.
Adhere to relevant payroll legislation that governs payroll processing.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide day to day supervision of designated Payroll Administrators.
As required, allocate work to the Payroll Administrators, monitoring progress and accuracy, ensuring all payroll deadlines are met. Inform any issues immediately to Payroll Team Leader.
Support Payroll Team Leader by providing payroll training to new/less experienced staf