Payroll Officer - Kempston
Salary: *GBP*20,117 per annum rising to *GBP*21,482 per annumBasis: Part timePackage: 24 hours per week, Hybrid Working Flexitime scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), Holiday allowance of 25 days (pro rata) plus public holidays on joining.Contractual Hours: 24Region: CentralJob Category: HR / PayrollJob Description:
24 hours per week versátil working pattern, to be agreed.
We are looking for an experienced Payroll Officer to join our team. You will play a key role in delivering comprehensive payroll administration across the organisation, ensuring all salary-related matters are investigated and resolved to support an accurate and timely monthly pay run.
About the role
The Payroll Officer provides key support to the Payroll Section, undertaking a range of activities including complex pay calculations, processing routine pay claims and queries, and supporting wider administrative tasks as required. The role involves working with large volumes of data across a variety of systems,



so confidence in using software packages and a high level of attention to detail are essential to ensure accuracy within spreadsheets and information systems.
Due to the manual nature of some processes, the post holder will need to be confident in checking their own and others work to maintain accuracy and minimise errors, while ensuring compliance with relevant Government legislation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and verify payroll transactions, including expenses, overtime, additional hours, acting up and absence, ensuring accurate payments and deductions in line with Service policy and legislation.
- Maintain up to date knowledge of Local Government and Fire pension schemes including employee administration record keeping, abatement calculations, reconciling monthly pension extracts, uploading files to administrators, verifying pensioner payroll, and ensuring compliance with Auto Enrolment and statutory deadlines.
- Extract temporary data from Self Se

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