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Are you eager to land a brand new role? Our client, a busy local authority in West Sussex, are looking for a Payroll Officer to join their Team .

Job Role: Payroll Officer
Contract: 3 months 
Location: West Sussex
Rate of Pay: £17.83

Main duties/Responsibilities:

• You will provide reliable, efficient, and effective flexible support to a team (or across teams) of a complex administrative nature relating to the delivery of specialist services in either payroll or pensions.
• You will work on the full range of tasks and processes within the assigned service area. You will respond to customer queries, and provide information and guidance relating to the service, maintaining records, producing correspondence,
• and managing day to day processing according to defined procedures. As a Payroll Officer, you will provide senior level specialist administration, support, and advice to assist the team in delivering its central service function.
• You will support the team leader in managing the work demands within the team and handle directly more complex, technical, and contentious matters, taking a role in checking and monitoring the quality of work completed within the team.

Job Requirements:

• 4 GCSEs with A-C (4-9) passes including Maths and English, or equivalent qualification or experience demonstrating that level of numeracy and literacy.
• Institute of Payroll & Pensions Management (IPPM) part qualified at NVQ level 3 (Foundation in Local Government Pensions Administration) or 4 (Team Leading- Payroll/Pensions), or an equivalent qualification or demonstrable technical and theoretical knowledge related to payroll or pensions administration.
• Good working knowledge of SAP/AXISe or other similar equivalent IT systems used for working with payroll, pensions and HR administration, or within a similar financial environment.

Please be advised that only candidates that have the specific skills and experiences required for this role will be shortlisted and submitted to our client for review. 

How to Apply

If you are interested in applying, please press the button below, send your CV to Damian.mason@temptingrecruitment.co.uk or contact Damian on       020 3854 4910 to discuss further.

To explore other exciting opportunities or learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our website https://www.temptingrecruitment.co.uk

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