Payroll Data Analyst
Posted 2 weeks ago by HAYS on JobServe
Job Description: The Payroll Data Analyst role is a full-time position based in Cheltenham, focusing on reconciling and supporting the monthly payroll operation. The analyst will ensure accuracy and consistency in payroll processes while collaborating with finance and payroll services. This position is offered as a 6-month fixed-term contract with hybrid working arrangements. The ideal candidate will have over three years of payroll experience and strong Excel skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Reconciliation of Oracle to the payroll providers, ensuring that databases are in sync at all times.
- Supporting administering monthly submission of people changes to payroll, and ensuring payroll deadlines are met.
- Liaising with the finance team and payroll managed service to resolve payroll variances efficiently and accurately.
- Support the Payroll Manager with thorough payroll checks each month to ensure accuracy of payslips.
- Working closely with payroll managed service to ensure data cleanliness for correct processing of payroll-related tasks.
- Support the reconciliation of annual tasks such as salary reviews and bonuses.
- Running monthly compliance checks and making required changes.
- Completing the ONS report on a monthly basis.
- Support the Payroll Manager with pension scheme administration as required.
- Involvement in future people's projects and ad-hoc reporting across the business.
- Undertake other ad-hoc administration duties as required by the team.
Skills Required:
- 3 plus years of experience in payroll from start to finish.
- Strong Excel skills, including pivots, lookups, and formulas.
- Experience with Oracle is beneficial but not essential.
- Ability to quickly learn new systems.
Salary (Rate): £40,000 yearly
City: Cheltenham
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Your new company
Hays has the privilege of working with an ever-growing company based in Cheltenham who are looking to add to their team with a Payroll Data Analyst.
Your new role
The Payroll Data Analyst - Payroll & Reward is responsible for reconciling and supporting the monthly payroll operation, ensuring that each stage of the payroll process is robust, actively promoting a culture of best practice and consistency in all analytical areas.
Tasks/Duties
Payroll
- Reconciliation of Oracle to the payroll providers, ensuring that databases are in sync at all times.
- Supporting administering monthly submission of people changes to payroll, and ensuring payroll deadlines are met.
- Liaising with the finance team and our payroll managed service to ensure payroll variances are resolved efficiently and accurately. Keep clear records of any over-payments or re-run payslips for tax and pension corrections. Escalate any issues to the Payroll Manager.
- Support the Payroll Manager with thorough payroll checks each month, to ensure that all payslips are accurate and that all changes have been actioned correctly.
- Working closely with our payroll managed service to ensure the data is clean to support correct processing of RTI, Tax, Student Loans, National Insurance, P11D, P45's, P60's, SSP, and Maternities, providing any information they need to complete this.
- Support the reconciliation of annual tasks such as loading changes for salary reviews, minimum wage uplifts, and bonuses when required.
- Running monthly compliance checks and making required changes.
- Completing the ONS report on a monthly basis.
Pension:
- Support the Payroll Manager with
Pension scheme administration was required.
Reporting & Administrative Development:
- Be involved with future people's projects as appropriate, by sharing ideas through managing implementation, eg People System, Onboarding processes, Absence Management system, colleague surveys.
- Ad-hoc reporting is required across the business.
- Undertake other ad-hoc administration duties as required by the team, identifying problem areas and offering viable solutions.
What you'll need to succeed
- 3 plus years within Payroll doing it from start to finish
- Great system use, especially Excel - Pivots, lookups and formulas are needed for this role. Excel knowledge is a must.
- Use of Oracle would also be beneficial but not essential, but quick use of systems and the ability to pick them up would be advantageous.
What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.
Hybrid working options - 2 days in office, 3 days at home
Flexi working hours
28-day holidays
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
Negotiable
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
Inside
Hybrid
Other
Mid-Level
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Job Description: The Payroll Data Analyst role is a full-time position based in Cheltenham, focusing on reconciling and supporting the monthly payroll operation. The analyst will ensure accuracy and consistency in payroll processes while collaborating with finance and payroll services. This position is offered as a 6-month fixed-term contract with hybrid working arrangements. The ideal candidate will have over three years of payroll experience and strong Excel skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Reconciliation of Oracle to the payroll providers, ensuring that databases are in sync at all times.
- Supporting administering monthly submission of people changes to payroll, and ensuring payroll deadlines are met.
- Liaising with the finance team and payroll managed service to resolve payroll variances efficiently and accurately.
- Support the Payroll Manager with thorough payroll checks each month to ensure accuracy of payslips.
- Working closely with payroll managed service to ensure data cleanliness for correct processing of payroll-related tasks.
- Support the reconciliation of annual tasks such as salary reviews and bonuses.
- Running monthly compliance checks and making required changes.
- Completing the ONS report on a monthly basis.
- Support the Payroll Manager with pension scheme administration as required.
- Involvement in future people's projects and ad-hoc reporting across the business.
- Undertake other ad-hoc administration duties as required by the team.
Skills Required:
- 3 plus years of experience in payroll from start to finish.
- Strong Excel skills, including pivots, lookups, and formulas.
- Experience with Oracle is beneficial but not essential.
- Ability to quickly learn new systems.
Salary (Rate): £40,000 yearly
City: Cheltenham
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Your new company
Hays has the privilege of working with an ever-growing company based in Cheltenham who are looking to add to their team with a Payroll Data Analyst.
Your new role
The Payroll Data Analyst - Payroll & Reward is responsible for reconciling and supporting the monthly payroll operation, ensuring that each stage of the payroll process is robust, actively promoting a culture of best practice and consistency in all analytical areas.
Tasks/Duties
Payroll
- Reconciliation of Oracle to the payroll providers, ensuring that databases are in sync at all times.
- Supporting administering monthly submission of people changes to payroll, and ensuring payroll deadlines are met.
- Liaising with the finance team and our payroll managed service to ensure payroll variances are resolved efficiently and accurately. Keep clear records of any over-payments or re-run payslips for tax and pension corrections. Escalate any issues to the Payroll Manager.
- Support the Payroll Manager with thorough payroll checks each month, to ensure that all payslips are accurate and that all changes have been actioned correctly.
- Working closely with our payroll managed service to ensure the data is clean to support correct processing of RTI, Tax, Student Loans, National Insurance, P11D, P45's, P60's, SSP, and Maternities, providing any information they need to complete this.
- Support the reconciliation of annual tasks such as loading changes for salary reviews, minimum wage uplifts, and bonuses when required.
- Running monthly compliance checks and making required changes.
- Completing the ONS report on a monthly basis.
Pension:
- Support the Payroll Manager with
Pension scheme administration was required.
Reporting & Administrative Development:
- Be involved with future people's projects as appropriate, by sharing ideas through managing implementation, eg People System, Onboarding processes, Absence Management system, colleague surveys.
- Ad-hoc reporting is required across the business.
- Undertake other ad-hoc administration duties as required by the team, identifying problem areas and offering viable solutions.
What you'll need to succeed
- 3 plus years within Payroll doing it from start to finish
- Great system use, especially Excel - Pivots, lookups and formulas are needed for this role. Excel knowledge is a must.
- Use of Oracle would also be beneficial but not essential, but quick use of systems and the ability to pick them up would be advantageous.
What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.
Hybrid working options - 2 days in office, 3 days at home
Flexi working hours
28-day holidays
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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