PMC Senior Technical Assistant

Temp to Perm contract with Slough Borough Council

Job Summary:

To enable/support processing of Payroll for Slough Borough Council and Slough Children First.

Key Duties/Accountabilities:

To assist in the timely and accurate payment of wages, salaries and expenses fees to Council Employees and others ensuring that all tasks are completed in a confidential manner, within the required timescales in line with PAYE legislation and HMRC rules.

To prepare, calculate and administer payments to staff, councillors and other payees within a strict timetable.

To input all new starters, leavers, and variation forms, calculating arrears of pay as necessary, and prepare and send all pensions starters, changes, and leavers notifications, and respond to all pensions queries.

To fulfil contract obligations for Slough Children First.

To input all new starters, leavers and variation forms (electronic and paper-based information) onto Agresso Payroll System, calculating arrears of pay as necessary, and prepare and send all pensions starters, changes and leavers notifications.

An ability to check/calculate tax, national insurance, and pension contributions manually to ensure that the correct deductions are being processed through the payroll system.

Process pensions opt in/opt outs, and respond to pension queries.

To assist in the timely and accurate payment of wages, salaries and expenses fees to Council Employees and others ensuring that all tasks are completed in a confidential manner, within the required timescales.

To keep accurate records relating to Tax, National Insurance, SSP, SMP and Pensions Contributions for individual employees.

To deal with internal and external routine enquiries relating to payroll and pensions, dealing directly with employees when required.

To process sickness, pay/maternity pay.

Essential Experience Required:

Experienced in payroll with local authorities AND schools/colleges/universities (Essential).

Experience of dealing with statutory payroll administrative procedures.

Working knowledge of Tax, NI, SSP and SMP procedures.

Experienced in using Agresso.

Additional information to note:

This position is on an initial 2-month contract that will turn permanent at the end of the contract.

This position is on a hybrid working arrangement.

The closing date for this position is Tuesday 21/03/2023 3:00PM