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**School Payroll & Finance Assistant.
**ASAP Start.
**Permanent, full-time contract, 36 hours per week.
**Redbridge, East London.
**£31k – £32.5K.
Active Recruitment are looking for a Payroll & Finance Assistant to join a secondary school in East London. This will be on a full-time, permanent basis, 36 hours per week.
Overall Responsibilities & Duties:
To provide a professional, effective and efficient payroll service for the Academy. Duties will include but not be limited to the following:
• Deliver and accurate payroll function to the business whilst working closely with the Finance Manager.
• Maintaining payroll information by collecting and processing data, checking and ensuring all payroll forms and pay actions e.g. new starters, leavers, pay changes, claims and expenses are processed correctly.
• Processing Pensions, Holiday Pay, SMP, SSP and other deductions (must understand manual calculations) and calculating monthly payroll, including preparing reports and exporting data to excel for analysis and approval purposes
• Supporting the Payroll Manager with real-time information submissions to HMRC and final year end submissions, including the completion of employees’ P60s.
• Supporting the month end processes, statutory returns and year end processes
• Post monthly payroll journals and monthly recharges through the finance ledger
• Liaising with internal and external auditors for all pay related queries
Candidate Specification:
• Payroll Qualification (AAT, CIPP) or equivalent.
• Recognised accounting qualifications or Degree.
• Previous Payroll experience.
• Good understanding of Payroll functions within a school.
• Experience of using payroll and finance software.
Benefits Include:
• Career Progression
• Access to Local Government Pension scheme
• A focus on staff well-being and welfare – Carnegie Gold Mental Health Award status
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – 365 days a year helpline and additional support with legal, financial advice and counselling
• Free access to a fully fitted on-site fitness suite
• EV installation
• Winter well-being holiday
Please contact Active Recruitment for further information.