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Payroll Officer - Part Time

Employer
Future Learn
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£Competitive
Closing date
4 Jan 2020

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ABOUT FUTURELEARN
FutureLearn is transforming access to education and is one of the world’s largest social learning platforms. Based in London’s Camden Town, we offer online courses, programs and degrees run by over 100 leading universities from around the world including UCL, University of California Berkeley, University of Edinburgh, University of Melbourne, King’s College London, Purdue University and the University of Groningen. We also work offer online courses from specialist education providers including CIPD, UNESCO and the Raspberry PI foundation.

Since our launch in September 2013, we’ve run thousands of online courses that have attracted 9 million learners from all over the world and we have seen over 22 million enrolments. Our vision is a global community, where everyone learns together and enjoys access to the education they need to transform their lives. Our award-winning platform helps by provoking conversation around the course material so that learners and educators learn as much from each other as from the material itself.

We are continuing our expansion as we make this journey from offering short online courses, through micro credentials to full online degrees and working with employers and governments to reduce skills gaps. The pace of this change is reflected in the extremely rapid growth of our revenues.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you looking for a finance role with flexibility?

Due to the continued expansion of FutureLearn, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Payroll Officer. Working as part of the Finance team, you will ensure the smooth running of the function and help to streamline processes. Furthermore you will be responsible for maintaining and updating employee records and managing administrative processes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provide support to the Finance and HR teams in all areas of the payroll process
  • Own the monthly Payroll process from start to finish including HMRC submissions, tax codes management, pension contributions, Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity SPP, PAYE and National Insurance calculations, issuance of monthly payslips
  • Process Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans
  • Manage payments to off-payroll workers (IR35) including performing appropriate checks
  • Processing BACS payments via a third-party provider
  • Payroll reporting including payroll forecasting and analysis
  • Manage year-end returns such as P35, P60 and pension returns
  • Liaise with HMRC when necessary
  • Answer payroll queries from contractors and internal staff
  • Manage approval of suppliers on the Finance system
  • Ad-hoc finance tasks

Requirements

  • Experience of running a monthly payroll for companies with up to 250 employees is essential
  • Good working knowledge of all statutory payments - Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity SPP, PAYE and National Insurance etc
  • Self-starter - ability to work on own initiative
  • Experience of working in a fast-paced and growing environment
  • Utmost discretion when dealing with sensitive and confidential information.
  • Strong organisational skills - ability to prioritise workload and work to strict deadlines
  • Systems knowledge - good Excel and Word knowledge

Benefits

  • £28K - £32K
  • 28 days holiday (plus 8 days public holiday)
  • Buy & sell up to 5 days holiday
  • Charity day (volunteer for a charity of your choice)
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season Ticket loan
  • Flexible working environment/hours
  • Pension (4% employer / employee contribution)
  • OU Staff Fee Course Waiver Programme
  • Great coffee, teas, fruit and daily breakfast
  • Perkbox

APPLICATIONS
To apply, please submit your CV and a one page cover letter. On your cover letter please clearly explain how you meet the essential skills and experience criteria mentioned in the requirements specification section of the job description.

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Please contact [email protected] if you require any reasonable adjustments or alterations to be made, to support you through the recruitment process.

FutureLearn is an equal opportunities organisation who value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. We are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented, including those from the LGBT+ community, neurodiverse people, people with disabilities, and those from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background.

Closing Date Midnight, Monday 18th November 2019.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT
We value diversity at FutureLearn, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, neurodiversity, marital or disability status.

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