Payroll and Pensions Officer

Job description

Payroll and Pensions Officer
£41,869 per annum - Grade 7
Leeds / Hybrid
Full time / Permanent - 37 hours per week

We currently have a vacancy for a Payroll and Pensions Officer to join our Finance team. Due to promotion of the current postholder, we are looking for a Payroll and Pension Officer to assist with the delivery of our in-house comprehensive payroll and pensions service, ensuring compliance, accuracy and exceptional customer service. Working closing with the Payroll and Pensions Manager and colleagues within the Finance team, HR and external partners, you will provide expert advice on payroll and pension matters.
 

Our Offer

• Work your way – From flexible and agile working options, including a generous flexi-time scheme to help you balance your personal life and career.
• Time to recharge – Enjoy 28 days of annual leave (with increases based on length of service), plus all Bank Holidays.
• Free greener travel across West Yorkshire – Cover your commute sustainably with unlimited free bus and rail travel using the MCard (Zones 1–5).
• Secure your future – Benefit from a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Investing in you –Take advantage of supported professional development, regular training, and up to 3 paid volunteering days per year. 
• Grow with us – Incremental salary progression for most roles and annual cost of living increases.
• Family first – We offer enhanced parental and bereavement leave, plus other family-friendly policies to support you when it matters most.
• Your wellbeing, our priority – Access 24/7 free confidential counselling services and the Headspace app for you and up to 5 family or friends.
• Modern workspace in a prime location – Work in bright, contemporary offices just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station, fully equipped with the latest tech.
   

The Role

• Undertake the management and accurate / timely calculation of monthly payroll ensuring compliance with internal policies and statutory regulations.
• Ensure the accurate and timely completion of compliance/statutory returns to HMRC, Pension Authority, other bodies and providing accurate/timely payroll and pension management information.
• Provide professional guidance and investigate/resolve problems and enquiries, in a confidential manager, from internal and external stakeholders.
   

Please review the Role Profile on our website for more information about the responsibilities.
 

About You

You will have the following key skills, attributes, education, and experience:

• Educated to A level or have equivalent relevant education/ experience.
• Strong working understanding, knowledge and experience of payroll, HMRC and Local Government pension regulations.
• Demonstrable deep understanding of payroll & pension matters within a Local Authority environment.
• Strong and in depth understanding and experience of financial controls and procedures.
• In depth expertise across the payroll and finance function with the ability to identify, manage and resolve any complex concerns / problems.

To Apply
 

If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements within the Role Profile. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form.
 

Further Information
 

The Combined Authority is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro divergent. To find out more about inclusivity at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority please visit our dedicated webpage.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview, subject to the minimum criteria being met.

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