Payroll Officer (Lower Level)

Job overview

Applications are invited for this training role, where successful applicants will undergo a bespoke training programme in NHS payroll and associated terms and conditions.

Working with a team of busy payroll professionals to calculate and input accurate payments to NHS colleagues.

Main duties of the job

• Interpret and action payments of staff additional hours promptly and efficiently in line with current national, local and Statutory guidelines.
• Other calculations and data entry commensurate with skills and experience
• Operating the Computer based payrolling system.
• Checking authorization and accuracy of data
• Assisting with controls to ensure payments have been paid correctly
• Dealing promptly with any discrepancies to ensure the payment deadlines are met
• Maintaining documentation and records pertaining to the pensions and expenses section.
• Investigating and answering queries both verbal and written.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Interpret and action payments with accuracy and efficiency. Makes decisions around own workload and understands when to highlight problems.
• Understand and complete routine transactions using practical experience.
• Knowledge and awareness of Statutory Requirements
• Experience of computerized payment system
• Experience of dealing with routine enquiries in a confident and sensitive manner.
• Provision of information to managers and colleagues in a confident and sensitive manner.
• Organises allocated workload to meet strict deadlines
• Keyboard skills to achieve input of high quality data with accuracy
• Responsible for the calculation and generation of payments as required.
• Provides support to other members of staff
• Input of financial data into computerized payment system
• Requires long periods of keyboard input of data
• Uses keyboard for a substantial part of the day
• Works within clearly defined policies and procedures with supervision
• Requires periods of concentration to input, check and calculate data and works to strict deadlines.