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Payroll Officer

Posted 23 days ago

  • Sector: Accountancy & Finance
  • Contact: Holly Dean
  • Contact Email: hollyd@cedarrecruitment.com
  • Duration: 7 Months
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Expiry Date: 10 June 2023
  • Job Ref: JO0000012746_1683811471

Cedar are currently looking for a Payroll Officer to join a Civil Service on an interim basis.

Duration: 7 months (there could also be the potential to go permanent)

Day rate: £127.70 per day (equivalent to £30,000 per annum)

Location: Leeds City Centre

Working Pattern: 2 days per week in the office

Working Hours: Flexible (core hours 10-4)

Reporting into: Payroll Manager

Key duties:

  • Processing annual leave for leavers
  • Checking for outstanding loans to be recovered
  • Advances: calculating amounts, updating the tracker, ensuring full amount is recovered
  • Send new starter checklist/P45s to CGI, ensure new starter checklists are completed in full
  • Validating and ending pension for previous month's leavers
  • Processing all corrections / adjustments from prior month
  • Validating all absence warnings
  • Issuing absence letters to managers
  • Validating and processing overtime
  • Completing monthly variance checks
  • Responding to all queries in a timely manner
  • Overpayments: calculating amounts, updating the tracker in full, ensuring entire overpayment process is followed


Key requirements for the role:

  • Previous payroll experience is an essential prerequisite
  • Candidates should also have experience in customer-facing roles

If this role sounds of interest, please apply online ASAP.