Payroll Officer

The Role

Payroll Officer

SCP:                                   SCP 23 £30,152.00 to SCP 25 £32,019.00.

Contract:                           37.5 hours per week, All Year Round, fixed term contract                             

Start Date:                           As soon as possible

E-ACT is a multi-academy trust responsible for 28 academies across the length and breadth of England. We are proud to be a part of a community that includes over 18,000 pupils and 2,500 teaching and non-teaching professionals across the country.

Thinking Big, Doing the Right Thing, and Showing Team Spirit-our values are our anchor point and underpin all we do. These values are embedded in our academies, and the E-ACT family strives to ensure that these are a success for every pupil that leaves our academies.

E-ACT are seeking an inspirational, professional and dynamic individual to join the Kettering Team. We are looking to appoint a Payroll Officer to support the Payroll Manager in providing payroll services for E-ACT Regions and Academies. Including all processing on the trust’s payroll system, pensions administration and responsibility for other payroll related requirements.

In this significant post, duties will include:

• Develop, enhance, and monitor the internal customer focus side of the department. Including administering the payroll functions ‘ticketing’ system.
• Work with the payroll manager and regions to develop ways of working with a view to the function being efficient in processing and response to queries.
• Ensure employees are paid on time, for your relevant academies and/or regional payrolls.
• Ensure your allocated Academies are set up correctly on the payroll system.
• Pension administration, including payments, reports to relevant bodies, auto enrolment, are all correctly processed and managed according to relevant deadlines and are accurate.
• Administer payments for, Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay
• Ensure manual and computerised records are accurately maintained in line with E-ACT, industry standard and legislative requirements.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious professional to develop their career and join our trust.

Closing date: Friday 26th May 2023 09:00a.m.

E-ACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people so expect all staff and volunteers, as well as those who work on the premises, to share this commitment.

As part of our safeguarding commitment, appointment to any post is subject to receipt of satisfactory references, medical clearance and a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate as well as evidence of the right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

Qualifications

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