Payroll Officer

Anderson Knight are recruiting for a Payroll Officer to join an Accountancy Practice based in Govan. The role offers hybrid working and a competitive salary of £28-29,500 per annum. Duties & responsibilities: * Administer Payroll, completing from start to end, ensuring that all employees are paid on time and correctly. * To accurately input and process all relevant data required for Payroll, including, salaries, overtime/shift/call-out payments, bonuses, benefit deductions, voluntary deductions, maternity/paternity allowances, sickness. * Manage all leave of absence requests (maternity, paternity, adoption, parental leave, unpaid leave, and jury service). * Provide day to day Payroll and administration support in a timely and accurate manner, dealing with all queries raised. * Process Advances and salary payments for changes received beyond cut-off date. * Ensure all statutory returns are made to relevant authorities on time, e.g. HMRC, Pension Providers, P11Ds, P60's, EPS files etc. * Calculate holiday pay, SMP, SSP, SPP * Manage and process 3rd Party payments eg. Arrestments & Direct Earnings Attachments * Process payments for expenses and business mileage * Assist with Payroll audits as required. * Maintaining employees' information. * Maintain and update Time and Attendance system. * Complete month end journals and ledgers * Maintain employees' leave balances, ensuring they are aligned to local policies. * Resolve any Issues in a timely manner and escalating when required. * Maintaining electronic filing ensuring that folders are kept as streamlined as possible. * Proactively support a variety of projects. * Provide support and assistance to HR Department. * Provide back-up support for calculating weekly Agency workers hours & pay. * Provide support and assistance to Accounts Payment Department (holiday cover, sickness etc). * Problem solving - ability to identify and advise on improvements and efficiencies to be gained. If this is something you’d be interested in hearing more about, please contact Richard Brown at Anderson Knight