Senior Payroll Administrator

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Job Description

We're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. At Norton Rose Fulbright, our strategy and our culture are closely entwined. We know that our expansion will mean little unless it is underpinned by truly global collaboration and we understand that pioneering work only takes place when our people have room to move and think beyond boundaries. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. 

The Team

The payroll team is Based in the UK, this role will be based in our Newcastle office. The UK payroll team currently consists of the Senior payroll manager and two payroll administrators. This role that we are recruiting for is a new role. The payroll team are responsible for end-to-end payroll processing for UK payrolls (circa 1300 employees) and pensioner payroll (circa 400 retirees).  The payroll team operates within the wider Finance team of c110 people across London and Newcastle and works collaboratively with various HR functions.

The Payroll team is an exciting environment, where there is always something new to learn, which will provide many opportunities for personal and professional growth.  

Key Responsibilities

The role’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Checking of payroll data entered by the payroll administrators.
• Responding to employees and HR on payroll and tax questions.
• Reconciling of the monthly Pension contributions.
• Processing and inputting of payroll data into our Payroll system (ADP iHCM). This includes, but not limited to joiners, leavers, salary changes, statutory pay, fixed and other variable data, as required.
• Processing of our various benefits.
• Preparation and calculation of all leave and absences, including maternity, shared parental and Paternity leave.
• Processing of salary sacrifice deductions, including pension, childcare vouchers, cars and bike scheme.
• Month end reporting and payroll related reconciliations.
• Month-end pension administration, including submission of pension contribution files to our pension provider.
• Answering routine queries on payroll related matters from our internal customers
• Assisting with any other duties performed within the payroll function, as delegated by the Senior Payroll manager.
• Responsibilities of this role will increase, with time and training.

Key Skills and Experience

The individual should have the following experience;

• Has a proven track record of end to end payroll administration experience, based in an in-house payroll function (Required)
• Be able to manually calculate tax, national insurance and statutory leave (Required)
• Have completed or is in the process of completing a payroll industry related qualification (Desirable)
• Previous experience of being involved in administering a workplace pension scheme, including processing auto-enrolment and salary sacrifice contributions (Desirable)
• Previous experience of working with ADP iHCM and/or SAP finance system (Desirable).
• Worked within a large professional services organisation (Beneficial)

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. 
Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.