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Who are Azets

Azets are a leading firm of Accountants and Business Advisers operating across the UK, Ireland and the Nordics, we have over a wide network of employees and an abundance of inspiring opportunities to join one of our many offices!

We are a top ten accountancy firm in the UK and are the number one largest SME practice.

The opportunity

As a NHS Payroll Specialist at Azets, you will manage the end-to-end payroll process and auto enrolment compliance for a portfolio of clients.

Develop relationships with your clients also ensuring effective communication with the wider offices, HMRC and other third-party providers.

To work as part of the wider team to review work produced by more junior team members and support the Payroll Manager.

Day to day duties

• Manage the end-to-end payroll process and auto enrolment compliance for a portfolio of clients
• Deal with all associated payroll processing tasks required for processing to completion of the payroll process
• Develop relationships with your clients also ensuring effective communication with the wider offices, HMRC and other third-party providers
• Accurately process pension deductions from salary in accordance with established NHS pension policies and procedure.
• Keep up to date with ongoing changes to NHS pension legislation.
• Effectively liaise with NHS Pensions Online to resolve any employee queries and error handling issues.
• Effectively liaise with GP Practices / NHS organisation to provide expert knowledge on the application of NHS pension tiered contributions to payroll records.
• Ensure monthly balances are correct and accurate monthly contributions are paid over to NHS pensions via Pensions Online or Making Contribution Payments (MCP)
• Working as part of the wider team to review work produced by more junior team members and support the Payroll Manager
• Leading by example in regards to attitude and processing of payrolls, so others in the team will follow suit
• Being the first point of contact to the team to assist and support the team in responding to queries from clients, HMRC, 3rd party providers etc.
• Completing regular training for the wider team, which could range from information about legislation to systems
• Any ad-hoc duties or projects that may be necessary
• Producing and developing ad hoc financial and operational reporting as needed

What are we looking for?

• Over two years’ experience dealing with NHS Payrolls (experience in a bureau environment would be highly desirable)
• End to end Payroll processing experience including pensions, benefits and statutory payments
• Knowledge of NHS Pension tiered contributions
• Knowledge of NHS Pensions online administration including SD55 annual updates, AW8, RF12, Starters, SD55 Leavers.
• Knowledge of Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Desirable)
• Knowledge of Medical and Dental terms and conditions (Desirable)
• Must have the ability to manually calculate a payroll
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail across both manual and systems based work
• A natural ability to coordinate, prioritise and multitask with little supervision
• Strong customer focused approach, ability to handle customer queries by telephone and email
• Be able to adapt to a highly changeable environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure whilst meeting tight deadlines
• In depth knowledge and understanding of payroll legislation, processing, and auto enrolment regulations
• Mentorship and coaching experience to support other team members to ensure they perform work duties
• Ideally with a CIPP Foundation degree qualification or working towards this qualification

What's in it for you?

Our benefits include hybrid & flexible working, birthday leave, professional subscription and much more. You can find out more about how we reward our colleagues -

Last updated : 2024-05-10