Payroll Pension Lead

Duties: 1)Responsible for the coordination and provision of pension and payroll statutory returns, data transfers and responses to external surveys such as the Gender Pay Gap reporting 2)Monitor the performance of payroll providers and pension administrators reviewing KPIs and working together to develop the service provided to employees. 3)Quality assure pension and pay data and payroll deductions investigating discrepancies and ensuring the organisations comply with regulations and pay rules. Working with the relevant provider to correct errors and improve accuracy. 4)Maintain an awareness of pension and payroll changes ensuring the changes are implemented correctly, providing advice to the organisations and developing communication to employees. 5)Be the point of contact and escalation point for MFSS/third party providers regarding pay and pension queries and process issues identified. 6)Take a lead as investigating manager for pension related grievances within the organisation. 7)Review and develop processes working with the relevant providers to ensure compliance to pay and pension regulations and to implement improvements identified. 8)Act as the organisations liaison with external audit / HMRC on required audits on payroll. Requirements: Must be educated to level 5 in a business or a payroll related subject or equivalent relevant experience. Must hold a payroll qualification or be willing to undertake payroll training. Must have significant payroll and pension experience (ideally knowledge of public sector pensions) Must have significant experience of working within complex regulatory frameworks Badenoch Clark acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Badenoch Clark UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Badenoch Clark. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser: https://en-gb/candidate-privacy