Payroll and Pension Assistant

Position: Payroll and Pension Assistant (Permanent)
Role:
Payroll and Pension Assistant
Contract Type:
Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months

Location:

Aylesbury
Salary: £32,416 per annum
Closing Date:
Friday 23rd January 2026

Job Purpose

* To undertake a timely and accurate payroll, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and tax obligations.

* To comply with pension regulations and do administration for the company pension schemes

* Responsible for the input into the payroll system

* Acting as the first point of contact within the payroll team

* Ensuring that processes are up to date and communicated

Key Accountabilities

* Monitoring the payroll inbox and undertaking all temporary input

* Acting as first point of contact for all payroll related queries

* Processing weekly and monthly reports

* Providing 1st line support to employees and managers

* Processing New starters, Leavers and changes in the payroll system

* Processing sickness, writing to employees reducing pay

* Overseeing maternity, paternity, and other statutory leave

* Completing the IRMA uploads into the payroll system, checking and resolving any exceptions

* Managing Childcare vouchers

* Processing pension changes (AVCs & AVC Extra) in iTrent and the pension portal

* Processing of retirements

* Running Business Objects reports

* Issuing P45s

* Completing payroll checking reports

* Managing all pension related queries

* Uploading the weekly and monthly files to Railpen and Sharepoint

* Processing salary confirmations on the pension portal

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

* Experience of working in Payroll

* Good working knowledge of Word and Excel

* Experience of Pension administration

* Good Communication skills

Desirable Criteria

* Experience with in the rail industry

* Experience of Public sector pensions

* Use of iTrent HRIS system

* CIPP Qualification