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Payroll, Pensions and Expenses Manager

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS FT
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Location
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809
Profession
Manager and corporate
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
24 Jan 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
10 Jan 2025

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a Payroll, Pensions and Expenses Manager to lead and manage the Payroll, Pensions and Expenses Team to deliver a confidential, customer-focussed, efficient, accurate and timely Payroll, Pensions and Expenses Service across the Trust Group.

The Payroll, Pensions and Expenses Manager will act as the Trust lead in the management of all payroll processes, ensuring payrolls are processed in line with payroll schedules and statutory regulations.

You will be responsible for the overall leadership, management, performance and delivery of payroll, pensions, expenses and other reward / benefits services to the Trust and external payroll clients within the Trust Group, to ensure staff are paid correctly in line with contractual terms and conditions.

Main duties of the job

You will manage the Trusts payroll and associated systems, including ESR, E-expenses and pensions, across the Trust Group for approx. 9,500 staff.

You will drive the payroll development programme to improve payroll workflows and internal processes, developing Standard Operating Procedures, considering best practice processes e.g. first time right pay and benefits in order to increase payroll accuracy, reduce over and underpayments, and advances of pay.

You will be educated to degree level or have equivalent extensive experience in a senior role in a Payroll, Pension and Expenses Department within a large, complex organisation, as well as experience of working within a healthcare environment.

You will have substantial knowledge of payroll, pensions and expenses processing, as well as substantial knowledge of ESR, with experience of using Microsoft Office packages and using a database to produce statistical reports.

In addition you will have substantial knowledge of statutory regulations and requirements including HMRC standards, NHS Pension Scheme Regulations and Data Protection.

For further information please contact Tracey Dibble, Head of Employee Services (tracey.dibble@nhs,net)

Job responsibilities

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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated.