Senior Payroll and Pensions Administrator

Fixed term appointment until 31/05/2026

Interview date: To be confirmed

Directorate of Finance, Planning and Commercial Operations

The payroll and pension department run 2 monthly payrolls, supporting approx. 450 casual and 1650 salaried staff. We strive to deliver an excellent service to all staff, assisting them through various stages of their work lifecycle. We’re currently supporting colleagues in faculties and professional services with ongoing transformational change projects, including transitioning to a new ERP system towards the end of the year.

What you will be doing:

• Ensure all actions on the payroll checklist have been completed and checked; responsible for the complete reconciliation of monthly payroll files, check payment variances, create and send BACs files.
• Assist with running the monthly RTI process, produce costing files and liaise with management accounts regarding any anomalies.
• Ensure accurate administration of any 3^rd party deductions and arrange payments ahead of statutory deadlines.
• Control the monthly pension returns to the different pension schemes and deal with pension exceptions/queries.
• Ensure that queries/requests are dealt with in a timely manner and within department SLAs; be the first point of call for more technical PAYE and pension queries; manage and develop the performance of the payroll and pensions administrators to ensure consistency across the team and reduce errors.

Qualifications/ experience:

• Level 3 qualification (eg. A level/BTEC level 3, T level, Advanced apprenticeship) or similar.
• Experience of processing payroll and pensions information and working in a payroll &/or Pensions team

Celebrating Diversity – The University of Bradford

The University of Bradford strives to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

At the University of Bradford, we recognise and embrace people that work in diverse ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

In return we offer:

• 25 days holiday and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas).
• Family-friendly policies
• Great campus facilities including:
• Unique fitness centre
• Eye clinic
• Physiotherapy & sports rehabilitation,
• Counselling & mental health services
• Food & drink outlets
• Generous employer contribution pension schemes – Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Generous benefit schemes, including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home & technology scheme and shopping discounts

Find more information about the many other benefits, including salary sacrifice schemes and campus nursery.

Additional Information:

If you would like to find out more or are interested in applying, please message, email or call Malene Reimer on 01274 232605 or M.Reimer@bradford.ac.uk, we would love to hear from you.

Additional Information:

If you would like to find out more or are interested in applying, please message, email or call Malene Reimer on 01274 232605 or M.Reimer@bradford.ac.uk, we would love to hear from you.

Further details:

Confronting Inequality: Celebrating Diversity

At the University of Bradford we accept people for who they are regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or socio-economic background and whether you’re pregnant or on maternity leave.

In line with the University’s commitment to equality charters including Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Disability Confident and Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme, we welcome applications from people identifying with these characteristics. The University has a number of staff networks which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff who hold these and other identities.

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