Payroll Officer

Payroll Officer

Spalding / Horncastle / Boston (Hybrid)

Fixed term until end of March 2026

Full Time

Application Deadline - 31st January 2025

Are you an experienced Payroll professional looking for your next challenge?

Our client has a fantastic opportunity for someone to join them on a Fixed Term contract working as part of their Payroll team processing 4 monthly payrolls (total of circa 1300 individuals paid).

They are a small and supportive Payroll team forming part of the wider HR Service who have an opportunity following an internal secondment of one of their Payroll Officers.

This role is key to the delivery of the payroll functions within our client, and you ll have opportunity for wider development through participating and contributing to wider HR initiatives and projects.

Typical duties:

• Be the first point of contact for payroll queries from their employees, Client Councils and external payroll related stakeholders including pension.
• Processing expenses and payroll for them and their Client Councils through HR and Payroll system. Full training on the system will be provided.
• Calculate and process all statutory and occupational payments such as sick pay, maternity pay etc.
• Administer the Local Government Pension Scheme and ensure that the appropriate information is communicated to relevant pension providers, HMRC and other statutory and pension scheme bodies. You re not expected to have experience of Local Government Pension scheme, they can train you on this.

What they re looking for:

• Someone with previous experience of payroll and will ideally have worked with multiple payrolls, however, this is not essential in a similar role.
• Up-to-date payroll and technical knowledge.
• Knowledge of using an electronic HR/Payroll system to manage payroll in an organisation.

They offer great benefits including:

• Local Government Pension Scheme, 23.1% employer contribution
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays and the option to purchase up to 5 days extra
• Get your birthday off
• Agile working policy- Minimum of 2 days working in the office per week
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Benefits Platform including retail, holiday, and leisure discounts
• Inclusive employment policies including gender neutral Family Parental leave policy and Time off provisions to support those special and challenging moments in their employees lives
• They support your career development

A qualifying period will need to be completed to obtain these benefits

About our client:

Our client is a Local Authority Trading Company (LATCo) which is wholly owned by three Councils. The Company operates from its offices in Spalding, Boston, and Horncastle. The Company provides a range of services including Human Resources & Payroll, Financial Services, Procurement & Contracts, ICT (Information and Communications Technology) & Digital, Customer Contact, Revenues & Benefits, Health & Safety, and a range of Corporate Support services.

The Company primarily delivers these services to its three client Councils, in support of the Councils Partnership, across the Company itself and externally to a resident population of approximately 305,000 across the geographical boundaries of South Holland, East Lindsey and Boston.

They aim to be a competitive employer of choice within the local area, and within the public sector landscape as a service provider. They work hard to ensure they model their values and behaviours in developing and investing in their people and seek to be bold and innovative.

They have committed to be a Disability Confident employer.

They are an equal opportunities employer.