Principal Payroll Administrator Guildhall Hybrid

Purpose of role:

• To be operationally responsible for the accurate production of all payrolls, in accordance with agreed timetables.
• To ensure that all payments comply with any relevant statute.
• To manage and provide day-to-day supervision of Payroll Apprentices, Assistants and Administrators (the Payroll Administration team).
• To ensure the maintenance of a high standard of service, building and maintaining excellent customer service relationships with internal and external customers at all times.
• To participate in user acceptance testing of the new ERP Payroll system (SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central-Payroll).

• Manage the day-to-day production processes for all City of London Corporation payrolls, under the direction of the Payroll Manager, in adherence to the agreed timetables and paydays.
• Liaise with HR on behalf of the section to address payment issues and determine solutions to problems, advising other staff as necessary on the solution determined and any processes and applications arising from it.

• Manage all employee life-cycle processes, and supervise the junior Payroll staff (Apprentices, Assistants and Administrators) and oversee their input for accuracy, particularly on more complex cases, and assist the Payroll Manager in the recruitment of new junior staff.
  

• Develop payroll projects under the guidance of the Payroll Manager and continually assess Payroll processes to ensure compliance, efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure team participation in system upgrade testing and checking on test systems as directed by the Payroll Manager.
• Manage the storage of payroll input data to ensure it is securely stored within the Pay Office and dispatched to secure offsite storage as per agreed schedules.

• Define testing exit criteria and agree on tolerances.
• Support the supplier with System Integration Testing (SIT) queries.
• Review and sign off on the supplier's System Integration Testing (SIT).
• Review User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scripts to ensure all user cases and scenarios, including negative testing, are covered.
• Conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

• Review and validate data during multiple parallel payroll runs (PPR).
• Support reconciliation processes as part of PPR.
• Log and retest any defects.

• Membership of Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) or other relevant body, or the equivalent level of knowledge and experience
  
• High level of proven competency in payroll Software packages (Midland iTrent and SAP SuccessFactors-Employee Central Payroll (essential).
  
• High level of computer literacy - proficient in Microsoft packages including Excel, Word, Outlook and Access.
  
• Detailed knowledge of varied pay and conditions of service including Local Government, Police Officers, Teachers.
  
• A thorough knowledge and understanding of current legislation in the fields of tax, National Insurance, pensions and statutory payments such as SSP, SMP, SAP and SPP.
  

• £246.11/day umbrella OR
  
• £182.63/day (basic) £211.90/day (premium) PAYE