Job title - Payroll Coordinator
Location - Seaham, SR7
Contract - Permanent
Hours - Full time
Salary: £30,004 - £31,157 per annum.

Our Client are looking for an experienced Payroll Coordinator to join their team and carry out an effective payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely payroll payments are made to colleagues and third party bodies, and ensuring regular provision of accurate information on all pensions and payroll matters to colleagues, administration tasks related to payroll including accurate provision of information to other departments and undertaking reporting requirements

Duties would include:

• To deliver an effective payroll service to the organisation ensuring; the payroll service is working within the confines of the agreed procedures and Financial Regulations in order to ensure accurate and timely payments are made.


• To support the reporting of key payroll information across the business.


• To be the first point of contact with the organisation's external payroll bureau.


• To co-ordinate the gathering all required payroll information to submit to the external payroll bureau in line with agreed deadlines.


• To reconcile payroll reports with the payroll reports received from the external payroll bureau to ensure accuracy and to follow up where this is not the case.


• To be the first point of contact within our organisation for payroll queries and to answer these in a manner which promotes a caring and professional image in line with the organisation's vision and values.


• To develop an information platform on pensions for use by colleagues within our organisation.


• To ensure the organisation's compliance with relevant payroll regulatory returns and requirements by producing accurate and timely returns.


• To adhere to and contribute to the organisation's payroll procedures.


• To keep abreast of regulatory changes and best practice in the payroll and pensions sphere to identify potential developments and their impact on the organisation and be innovative in developing solutions to ensure continues progression of services, and compliance with applicable regulations.

The Ideal candidate will have:

• Level 3 Payroll Technician Certificate, or equivalent payroll qualification


• Proven experience of providing a high-quality payroll service, preferably with a payroll bureau within a group structure


• Experience of working with a financial management system, preferably Open Accounts and iTrent, HR system


• Knowledge of current payroll best practice


• Knowledge of the current HMRC regulatory framework relating to payroll


• Knowledge of the LGPS and scheme rules

If you are interested in this position and meet the above criteria, please send your CV now for consideration.

If you require any additional information regarding the position, please call Lewis at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208 966 or send an E-Mail to Lewis.Hodson@servicecare.org.uk