Salary: £28,137 – 29,434 per annum plus generous civil service defined benefit pension
Hours: 37 scheduled weekly hours
Location: Bristol
Office for Students (OfS) is an independent regulator of higher education in England.
We aim to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling experience of higher education that enriches their lives and careers. We also care about supporting and developing our staff, working together to achieve more than each of us can do alone.
We’re proud of our people, our culture and the benefits we offer. At the OfS we want to create a welcoming and engaging working environment which is free from discrimination.
We are now looking for an experienced Payroll Administrator to support the Payroll & Benefits Operations Manager on a permanent basis. You should be a confident user of the Microsoft Office suite including Excel, Outlook and Teams. If you’re familiar with Workday, that would be great but, either way, you will be extremely accurate in your work and keen to keep up-to-date with the very latest payroll legislation.
Job Purpose
- To ensure the effective payment of all OfS staff and panel/board members, from input of payroll changes and the payroll aspects of pensions, through effective processing, to accurately recording pay costs in the OfS payroll system.
- To support and assist the Payroll and Benefits Operations Manager, working with colleagues in Human Resources (HR) and Finance.
- Dealing with Payroll/HMRC queries, including personal taxation, and keeping up to date with HMRC and legal regulations and requirements, as they affect the remuneration of OfS staff and panel/board members.
- Always maintain a professional service for internal and external stakeholders.
Job Description
- Prepare and process the monthly payroll data to ensure accurate and timely salary payments, starters, leavers, overtime, statutory payments, pensions, and other adjustments.
- To be responsible for the panel/board member payroll payments, including liaising with the relevant team.
- Keep up to date with relevant regulations/legislation and support the Payroll and Benefits Operations Manager with implementation of changes where necessary.
- Use your knowledge of taxation and pension rules when inputting payroll data to ensure HMRC and Pension compliance.
- Work closely with HR Advisors on the administration and processing of monthly payroll.
- Work closely with the Payroll and Benefits Operations Manager on the administration and processing of defined contribution and defined benefit pensions and other benefits offered by the OfS.
- To act as an initial point of contact for staff on queries and issues concerning pay, taxation, and the financial and payroll aspects within OfS.
- To assist with year-end duties.
Key Skills
- Experience of hands on, end to end payroll processing is essential
- Experience of working with Civil Service pensions is desirable
- CIPP membership or equivalent (part qualified) Level 3 is desirable
- Attention to detail and ability to process data accurately
- Exercising judgement in sharing complex and sensitive information
- Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining a professional and courteous manner
- Ability to work under your own initiative and manage your own time and workload
- Verbal communication skills – ability to communicate with internal colleagues and external stakeholders
- Support the Payroll and Benefits Operations Manager to ensure payroll is delivered accurately and on time.
Working for us
Our Total Reward Framework offers a range of benefits to suit your way of life. These include comprehensive learning and development, annual leave starting at 25 days per year (plus public holidays), access to the highly regarded Civil Service pension scheme and a variety of health benefits.
The OfS regulates the higher education sector on behalf of all students. We value diversity and the wealth of perspectives, experience and ideas that it brings to our work, and we strive to embed equality of opportunity in everything we do.
We recruit based on fair and open competition and welcome applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, race and ethnicity, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.
Working arrangements
Flexibility is important to the OfS, as we recognise that flexibility can enable people to work more effectively. A set of organisation-wide principles shape our approach to flexible and hybrid working, which our teams then use as guidance on how they deliver their business goals. To attract the widest possible field of qualified applicants, flexible working, for example job share and part time working, apply to this role.
Closing date: 22 January 2023.
Interviews: 2 February 2023.