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About the Role

Advance Charity is seeking a detail-driven Payroll Officer to manage the end-to-end payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely payment of all employees. This role involves close collaboration with an external payroll provider and internal teams, while ensuring compliance with legislation and company policies.

Responsibilities

• Process monthly payroll, including manual calculations for overtime, variable hours, complex work patterns, and compressed hours.
• Ensure correct application of cost codes for payroll expenditure.
• Administer statutory and company payments such as sick pay, maternity pay, and other relevant entitlements.
• Process adjustments for new starters, leavers, promotions, and contract variations.
• Support the procurement and implementation of a new payroll provider and software.
• Ensure compliance with all pay-related legislation, HMRC regulations, and internal policies.
• Manage pension scheme administration, including auto-enrolment, contributions, and opt-out processes.
• Collaborate with People and Finance teams to maintain accurate employee data and ensure payroll costs are correctly recorded and reported.
• Produce monthly payroll reports.
• Assist with financial and audit requirements.
• Respond to employee payroll queries promptly and professionally.
• Contribute to ad hoc tasks and reporting projects as required.

Requirements

• Proven experience in payroll processing, ideally within a medium to large organisation.
• Strong understanding of UK payroll legislation and statutory requirements.
• Excellent numerical skills with the ability to interpret data and perform accurate calculations.
• Ability to apply sound financial understanding relevant to the position.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage confidential information with discretion.
• Experience managing complex pay calculations such as compressed hours, overtime, and varying pay structures is advantageous.
• Familiarity with pensions administration and HMRC reporting is advantageous.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Proficiency in IT, particularly Excel.
• Experience using FMP or Staffology payroll software is highly desirable.
• Must submit an up-to-date CV with a supporting statement.
• Applications must be made via the job advert on the Advance careers page and include a cover letter.
• References, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory DBS check are required for employment.

Skills

• Payroll processing
• Manual calculations
• Cost code application
• Statutory payment administration
• Pension scheme administration
• HMRC reporting
• Financial reporting
• Audit assistance
• Employee query resolution
• Ad hoc reporting
• Excel proficiency

Location

• Hammersmith
• Hybrid

Work Type

• Part-time
• Permanent

Experience Level

• Medium to large organisation experience preferred

Salary/Compensations

• £32,000 - £37,000 FTE

Benefits

• 35-hour working week (FTE)
• 30 days paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays
• Additional days off for International Women’s Day, religious observance, and moving home
• Perkbox - employee discount platform
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee eye-care scheme
• Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
• Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
• Organisation wide away days
• Thorough induction and training
• Career development pathways

About the Company

• Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998.
• Provides emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse.
• Supports women with short-term sentences to reduce offending.
• Believes in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives.
• Is a community-based organisation leading in best practice approaches to supporting women.
• Works in close partnership with other agencies.
• Values include: listen and support, empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

Equal Opportunity

• This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
• Advance is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Strongly encourages applications from individuals with lived experience and those from marginalised or underrepresented communities.
• Committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seeks to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team.
• Has policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.