LOCATION

Hybrid or Full-time Office (City of London) or Full-Time Remote considered

SALARY

Highly competitive plus full benefits as follows:

• Pension
• Private medical insurance
• Income protection insurance
• Life insurance

ABOUT ABBISS CADRES

Abbiss Cadres LLP are an exciting multi-disciplinary professional services firm providing services in the UK and internationally to clients around day-to-day HR issues for companies and their people.

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE AND WORK

An exciting role in leading the coordination of our client payroll offering as we look to expand it for our international and domestic clients (mostly for subsidiary companies of foreign clients or for foreign clients with a UK PAYE obligation for their UK employees). Our payroll services are usually provided as part of our wider tax and legal support services.

OUR AMBITION FOR THE ROLE

Currently, the role will also include supporting our internal accounts function with its day-to-day activities. Our ambition is to transition the role to focus exclusively on payroll and employment tax administration in the short to medium term.

 

For those candidates wishing to develop their tax and social security knowledge, there may also be scope to develop their expertise working with our employment taxation team assisting corporate clients with income tax and/or social security arrangements and reporting for their expatriate staff and executive cross- border workers.

 

Appropriate training and professional development support is available, as appropriate.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB:

PAYROLL

• Processing monthly client payrolls
• Ensure all monthly or annual submissions are made to HMRC (FPS / EPS)
• Ensure all monthly submissions are made to clients’ workplace pension providers
• Sending monthly liability summaries to clients
• Uploading payroll reports and payslips to the payroll portal we use to provide documents to clients and their employees
• Ensuring compliance with internal tracking, reporting and record keeping requirements for client payrolls
• Processing new pay items for normal employees and expatriate employees on
• Payroll actions for clients, including but not limited to payroll plan set-up, actions and reporting for joiners and leavers.
• Coordination of client payroll actions each month in conjunction with other team members supporting the payroll function..

 

ACCOUNTS SUPPORT

• Assisting with accurate record keeping and accounts reporting for the firm. Including but not limited to:
• Financial transactions on the purchase and client ledgers
• Month-end accounting
• VAT reporting
• Setting up bank payments
• Reporting relevant issues to the compliance officer
• Management Reporting
• Billing and credit control
• Such other duties that are within your skills and experience to

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROLE

Knowledge of the following systems would be an advantage but is not obligatory:

• Iris Payroll Professional (formerly known as STAR payroll) and its associated MyEpayWindow portal
• Partner for Windows Case Management and Accounting Software for law firms

WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Payroll qualification preferred – CIPP Payroll Technician (or higher)
• Familiarity with working with document management systems
• Strong numerical and analytical skills
• A strong understanding of the operation of PAYE
• Commitment to providing excellent service to internal and external clients
• Actively seeking to take responsibility in your own work
• Pro-actively raising issues relating to your work and suggesting improvements
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to prioritise and manage tasks
• Professionalism and confidence
• The ability to work in a small team without supervision

HR & Payroll Specialist 
£37,000 p/a
London 
Hybrid working

Do you have experience of an 50/50 split of HR and Payroll? Then this is the position for you. A well known company are seeking a talented HR and Payroll professional to join them in London.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the execution of day-to-day HR administration and transactions, HR record-keeping, benefits, UK labor law compliance, and other general employee and manager support
• Onboarding and off-boarding, data-entry, benefits enrollments, employment contract management, employment verifications and visa letters, etc.
• Manage and process the full payroll cycle from start to finish for 7 entities
• Ensure timely, complete and accurate processing of payroll changes and resolution of HR/Payroll issues
• Support the yearly audit
• Support year end and tax end requirements e.g. P11Ds, P60s
• Manage small projects to develop and improve HR and payroll practices
• Support all wider HR activities

Requirements:

• 2 years end to end payroll experience
• Demonstrable experience as Payroll Specialist in a commercially fast paced environment
• Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills, ethics, and cultural awareness
• Ability to manually calculate payroll calculations for tax, NI and student loans
• Strong understanding of statutory payments and processors e.g. SMP, SSP, SSP
• Resourceful, problem-solving aptitude and thorough knowledge of Payroll procedures and policies
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with people at all levels
• Knowledge of ADP iHCM a plus

If you have this experience then please apply today or contact Zoe on 01727 800 377 now to find out more!

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd (“We”) are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.  We are a specialist Payroll and HR recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business).

These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

About King’s

Please see the links below for supporting information for prospective applicants. This also includes some background information about the university including rankings, research outputs and our current fundraising initiative. www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings.

“King’s aspires to tackle global challenges and serve society in a way that is contemporary, forward-looking and unrestrained.”  – King’s Vision 2029 www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/strategy

Job description

Post title	Pensions Manager
Department/Division	Finance & Commercial / Financial Services
Grade/salary	Grade 7, £48,737 – £57,353 Including £4,000 London Weighting Allowance per annum pro rata.
Hours of work	Full time (35 hours per week)
Period of appointment	Indefinite Contract
Responsible to	Head of Payroll and Pensions
Campus	Guys Campus – Lavington Street

 

Role purpose

Dedicated pension professional with vast experience in defined benefit pension practice, we are looking for a proactive and positive individual with a strong history of reviewing processes and implementing change successfully ·         NHS ·         SAUL ·         USS ·         Phoenix Life Kings are looking at successfully contributing to improving team efficiency and productivity through this role, improving customer service to members, wider community, and wider forums. Upskilling of the pensions team is imperative and positive culture change is required to interpret good conduct within the function Service level agreements need to be adhered too and reported upon monthly and pensions valuation working groups adapted to ensure clarity to stakeholders is met This role will Report to the head of payroll and pensions within the Payroll & Pensions team, the role will work as part of a team supporting this service and so may be asked to work across the service’s activities and occasionally support the work of the wider Financial Services team. The role holder will form and maintain strong working relationships across Finance & other areas of the university that the service relates to.

 

Role profile

The role holder will: ·         Management and leadership of 3 members of staff ·         Providing High level technical advice to pension staff, members, and employees ·         Interpret, communicate, and manage legislative changes ·         Ensuring Objectives of pension administration Strategy are met ·         Producing procedures and delivering in-house training to the pensions team. Members and employees ·         Overseeing the production and publication of annual benefit Statements ·         Keep up to date with changes in the sector, service discipline and university in general that may impact on the role. ·         Identifying new technology and streamlining processes ·         Engaging with key stakeholders including members of all the pensions schemes, committees, user groups and government agencies ·         Have strong communication and customer service skills and be able to deal with a wide range of seniority of staff, and other key stakeholders. ·         Play an active part in the Financial Services community and demonstrate a commitment to change, improvement and development both as an individual and in the provision of services to the university and outside stakeholders. ·         Demonstrate the King’s commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion to empower everyone to participate and contribute fully to the university. The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

About the Finance & Commercial directorate

The Finance & Commercial directorate comprises some c.120 roles located across many of our campuses in central London.   The Financial Services department of c.80 roles provides various accounting, assurance, advisory and financial processing functions for the whole university. This department is partnered by c.30-member team of Management Accountants and 10 members of staff in the Procurement Strategy & Services Team.

The Finance & Commercial directorate is currently working as part of a long-term hybrid working trial. This involves, typically, at least 2 days per week on campus with the remainder taking place remotely. Longer term, more regular attendance on campus may be required.

For further information see  https://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/orgstructure/ps/finance/index.aspx

Person specification

Criteria	Essential	Desirable	How identified and assessed*
*For ‘How identified and assessed’ use: AP – application, AS – assessment, I – interview, P – presentation, R – references
Education / qualification and training
Pensions Administration	x	x	AP
Retirement provision	x	x	AP
Knowledge / skills
Strong understanding of Pension and some Payroll processes and procedures	X		AP/I
Performance monitoring	x	x	AP/I
Reliable and trustworthy	x	x	x
Problem solving	X		AP/I
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in the written word, in person and on the telephone	X		AP/I
Numerate and IT literate with the ability to use the standard suite of office software together with knowledge of one or more corporate Core, Softco, HR,USS, SAUL, NHS systems	X		AP/I
Experience
Successfully contributing to improving team improving team efficiency and productivity	x		AP/I
Active within pension forums	x	x	AP/I
Experience of having worked in or with the university sector	x	x	AP/I
			AP/I
Personal characteristics/other requirements
Ability to build and manage internal and external relationships	X		AP/I
Self-management and ability to work independently to meet deadlines	X		AP/I
Attention to detail and working to a high-level of accuracy	X		AP/I

 

Equal opportunities

King’s College London recognises that equality of opportunity and the recognition and promotion of diversity are integral to its academic and economic strengths. The following principles apply in respect of the university’s commitment to equality and diversity:

 

• To provide and promote equality of opportunity in all areas of its work and activity;
• To recognise and develop the diversity of skills and talent within its current and potential community;
• To ensure that all university members and prospective members are treated solely on the basis of their merits, abilities and potential without receiving any unjustified discrimination or unfavourable treatment on grounds such as age, disability, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, trans status, socio-economic status or any other irrelevant distinction;
• To provide and promote a positive working, learning, and social environment which is free from prejudice, discrimination and any forms of harassment, bullying or victimisation;
• To foster good relations between individuals from different groups and tackle prejudice and promote understanding.