Payroll Administrator

About the Role
The Payroll Administrator is responsible for the accurate and timely delivery of payroll services in line with statutory legislation and organisational expectations, amongst other operational duties.

Working within the Payroll and Pension team, you will ensure correct payments are made for 6000 employees each month.
The Payroll Administrator will provide a high level of customer service and deal with enquires from staff and external contacts, as well as liaising with other teams at the University.

About You
You have demonstrable success delivering excellent payroll services. You have previous experience processing high-volume payroll, using attention to detail and excellent numerical skills.

You will have excellent payroll or finance administration skills and demonstrate self-leadership skills, motivated to achieve deadlines and have good working knowledge of Excel and Word. Experience of using a payroll or finance database is essential as well as capability to evaluate payroll data using analytical and logical reasoning.

Holding or working towards a CIPP Payroll Technician qualification (or equivalent), as well as previous payroll experience within education or NHS sector is desirable.

About Human Resources
The HR Function sits within the Professional Services Directorate and is part of the professional services group that enable and facilitate the success of our students and academics. Along with other professional service areas the HR Department seeks to deliver value for money through efficiency, economy, effectiveness and equity.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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