The role:
Grade F - £26,244 - £28,725
The Payroll & Pensions section is responsible for the payment of salaries to all police officers and staff, the OPCC and police pensioners. This involves three separate monthly payrolls as well as the administration of the police pension schemes. It is a busy section working to tight timescales and deadlines.
As Senior Payroll & Pensions Officer you will be required to provide day to day supervision of the Payroll & Pensions team, ensuring all administration is completed accurately and in accordance with Legislation and Regulations and that all deadlines are met.
In return for your dedication and experience, we offer 23 days’ leave, excluding bank holidays, increasing to 28 days for 5 years+ service. We support our people inside and out of work – offering a very competitive pension scheme and discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card. To take care of your physical and mental well-being, we’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service and access to gyms in some stations.
What will I be doing?
• Ensure all payroll controls and governance is in place to ensure compliance with Regulations and Legislation, including the completion of statutory returns.
• Manage the allocation of work and staff within the section, ensuring all delivery standards are met, Including reviewing performance and identifying goals and objectives for members of the team. Contribute to the development, training and wellbeing of staff to increase professionalism of the service and to promote a culture of continuous improvement and personal responsibility within the section.
• Develop and maintain effective customer relationships with managers, staff associations and working groups throughout the organisation in order to contribute to improve the service provided.
• Develop and produce financial reports to present financial analytics to senior management.
• To maintain payroll & pensions systems, ensuring accurate calculations of all payment and deduction types and compliance with legislation and regulations.
What do I need?
• Experience of working in a busy payroll or pensions environment, working as part of a team but equally able to demonstrate self-motivation to work independently. Experience of working in a supervisory capacity is desirable but not essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge of police regulations, police staff council rules, police pension regulations, LGPS regulations and HMRC legislation.
• Excellent attention to detail and high personal and professional standards.
Vetting level:
Management Vetting (MV)
Applicants must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 5 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information and references.
All
staff including those appointed on fixed term contracts must successfully
complete their probationary period before they are eligible to apply for a
Northumbria Police vacancy.
Northumbria Police are currently undertaking a role and reward project in respect of all police staff posts. For further information please contact the Talent Acquisition team.
Vacancy Contact:
To discuss the position in more detail please contact Alison Milling, Payroll & Pensions Manager on 07590 012793 or Helen Payne, Deputy Payroll & Pensions Manager on 07592 362693.
Northumbria Police fully
supports a policy of equal opportunities and we welcome applications from
suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of
age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy
and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Appointments are based on merit alone