Senior Payroll Advisor

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I am currently looking for a highly experience Senior Payrol Advisor to join the Suffolk County Council team on a temporary basis.They must have lots of payroll experience and ideally have worked with either Oracle or iTrent payroll software. Please see below for the the responsibilities and requirements for the successful candidate.
Main Duties:
* Have a good working knowledge of statutory legislation covering payroll administration.
* Organise and manage the payroll cycles.
* Undertake a full range of varied and complex duties within SCC's frameworks and policies.
* Manage workload priorities to meet tight payroll deadlines.
* Manage data imports, salary sacrifice schemes, auto enrolment including reenrolment, RTI submissions (FPS/EPS/EYU) and the lease car process.
* Assist the Payroll Manager with P11d and other statutory yearend requirements.
* Oversee service updates and improvements in relation to the Payroll system / software as and when required ensuring statutory and contractual obligations are accurately met.
* Be a point of escalation for the team and be instrumental in the resolution of high-level queries.
* Be able to cover other payroll team members in their absence to maintain service delivery, to include but not limited to; journals, invoicing and pay-overs.
* Support and encourage the team to develop to their highest potential.
* Develop a customer centred approach where we are actively looking for appropriate and workable solutions to support the organisation in delivering its goals and priorities.
* Utilise advisory and guidance skills to persuade others to adopt/follow policies, procedures and processes, coupled with the ability to negotiate with a wide range of customers in difficult situations.
* Maximise available technology, intelligently and in a way that adds value to both customers and HR
Skills and Qualifications:
1. A relevant professional qualification at level 4 (or working towards) or equivalent knowledge and experience.
2. Knowledge and practical application of legislation, statutory guidance and best practice in relation to a payroll function.
3. Proven experience of managing a range of projects in addition to carrying out day to day activities.
4. Experience of providing comprehensive advice and guidance on more complex and escalated payroll issues.
5. Proven experience of effectively deploying resources to ensure that relevant deadlines, delivery targets, agreed outcomes are met or exceeded.
6. Ability to identify and resolve specialist/technical issues relating to customers.
7. Conduct analysis and reconcile complex data in a variety of ways.
8. To assist and or lead in the implementation and delivery of identified solutions.
9. Demonstrable experience in a specialist / technical environment.
10. Demonstrable experience in the use of specialist tools and techniques.
11. Experience of an advisory role

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