Payroll Administrator

Are you an experienced Finance Administrator looking for your next challenge and to join a Great Place to Work verified company? Or are you an experienced administrator looking to expand your knowledge and specialise in a finance sector?

We are looking for confident, focused new team members to join our Payroll and Expenses teams; if you are looking for the next step in your career and are looking for a company that really looks after you and is fully supportive of your personal circumstances then this is the perfect role for you!

Our newly refurbed office offers free onsite parking. The role is hybrid meaning 2 days in the office 3 days from home offering the flexibility to suit your life! Our office is equipped with high tech coffee machines and other free perks such as tea, breakfast items (cereals and fruit) and lots more. We really go above and beyond to ensure our staff are looked after.

What you'll be doing:

• Process work in line with agreed procedures, business rules or scripts


• Learn the procedures and understand parameters of producing a quality output


• Resolve queries, escalate when needed and log if required


• To schedule and prioritise allocated work daily, ensuring deadlines are met


• Identify and suggest areas of improvement


• Maintain and update information for audit purposes


What you'll bring:

• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues and clients


• Delivers a high-quality customer service in a professional manner, creating trust and confidence


• Effective team player, who constantly displays commitment and flexibility


• Accurate and timely delivery of task


• Effective problem solver with excellent organisational skills


• Excellent attention to detail


It would be great if you had:

• Payroll experience, CIPP qualified or equivalent


• Experience of providing a service to a large government client


• Strong Administrative background


If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Newcastle
Security Clearance Level: SC
Internal Recruiter: Joanne
Salary: £23,463 pa
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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Shared Services Connected Ltd was established as a joint venture between the Cabinet Office and Sopra Steria, in 2013 as part of the Government's Shared Services Strategy for Smarter Government programme and operates from four regional centres of excellence: Blackpool; Newcastle; Newport; and York. We deliver best in class business transformation programmes to across the Public Sector with a target to release one billion pounds of savings to the public.
We have established an enviable track record in the design and delivery of large-scale innovative HR, Payroll, IT, and Finance & Accounting solutions to significantly improve efficiencies and enhance service levels across Government and Public Sector.

Our clients include several government agencies including the Department for Work and Pensions, Environment Agency Department for Education, Ministry of Justice and Home Office as well as the Metropolitan Police Service and the Construction Industry Training Board.


• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues and clients


• Delivers a high-quality customer service in a professional manner, creating trust and confidence


• Effective team player, who constantly displays commitment and flexibility


• Accurate and timely delivery of task


• Effective problem solver with excellent organisational skills


• Excellent attention to detail


It would be great if you had:

• Payroll experience, CIPP qualified or equivalent


• Experience of providing a service to a large government client


• Strong Administrative background
  
  Shared Services Connected Ltd was established as a joint venture between the Cabinet Office and Sopra Steria, in 2013 as part of the Government's Shared Services Strategy for Smarter Government programme and operates from four regional centres of excellence: Blackpool; Newcastle; Newport; and York. We deliver best in class business transformation programmes to across the Public Sector with a target to release one billion pounds of savings to the public.

We have established an enviable track record in the design and delivery of large-scale innovative HR, Payroll, IT, and Finance & Accounting solutions to significantly improve efficiencies and enhance service levels across Government and Public Sector.

Our clients include several government agencies including the Department for Work and Pensions, Environment Agency Department for Education, Ministry of Justice and Home Office as well as the Metropolitan Police Service and the Construction Industry Training Board.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.