Freedom Fibre
Payroll Officer - 3-Month Temporary Contract
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Job Type: Temporary
Hours: 20hrs to 37hrs over 4 /5 days
Department: Finance
Reporting to: Payroll Officer
Location: Irlam
The Role
As we transition our payroll function from an outsourced model to an in-house operation, we are seeking an experienced Payroll Officer to lead and support this change. You will be responsible for the end-to-end payroll process, including payroll preparation, tax submissions, statutory reporting, and producing monthly, quarterly, and year-end payroll statements.
You will ensure full compliance with government regulations, pension auto-enrolment requirements, and internal controls. The role also includes establishing and maintaining payroll policies, including those relating to payroll advances and employee enquiries.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide a timely, accurate, and compliant monthly payroll service.
- Act as the first point of contact for payroll-related queries from employees.
- Support all aspects of monthly payroll processing.
- Ensure all payments (e.g., salaries, pensions, HMRC) are processed within required deadlines.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of HMRC requirements and ensure processes reflect current legislation.
- Gather, calculate, and input payroll data accurately into the payroll system.
- Identify, investigate, and resolve payroll discrepancies.
- Maintain strict confidentiality of payroll information.
- Produce payroll reports for audit, record-keeping, and managerial review.
Personal Attributes
- High attention to detail and commitment to quality
- Strong numerical and analytical ability
- Able to work to tight deadlines
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Team-oriented and collaborative
- Professional, discreet, and trustworthy
- Comfortable working in a growing, hands-on environment
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Essential Skills and Experience
- Experience running payroll for a 100+ employee organisation
- Experience using payroll systems, ideally BrightPay
- Excellent mathematical skills
- Sound knowledge of UK statutory payroll requirements
- IT literate with strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel
- Ability to communicate effectively with employees at all levels
Desirable
- Strong data presentation skills
- Experience supporting transitions from outsourced to in-house payroll
- Experience establishing payroll policies and procedures
Qualifications
- Recognised payroll qualification (e.g., CIPP, AAT, Foundation Degree) – essential
Freedom Truespeed Group recognise the service provided by recruitment agencies and as such have a Preferred 2nd tier Supplier List, with whom terms of business have been agreed. Only suppliers who have signed up to these terms can place candidates with Freedom Truespeed Group and will receive instruction directly from us to do so. Freedom Truespeed Group is therefore unable to consider speculative CV's or proposals from any other third party and any speculative CV's or proposals being sent into the organisation will be treated as gifts.
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