Payroll Officer

On behalf of Homes England, we are looking for a Payroll Administrator (Inside IR35) for a 3 month contract, working on a Remote basis.

Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise, and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market.

Following the publication of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper, Homes England has also been tasked with a core role in spearheading regeneration, partnering with places to reduce economic disparity, empower local leaders and create equal opportunities across the country to ensure communities reach their full potential.

As a Payroll Administrator, your main responsibilities would be to:

• Process end-to-end monthly payroll and pension payroll activities.
• Maintain payroll accuracy through data validation and reconciliations.
• Administer payroll changes, deductions, statutory payments and benefits.
• Produce payroll reports, RTI submissions and BACS payment files.
• Ensure compliance with HMRC, pension and employment legislation.
• Resolve complex payroll queries and support continuous process improvements.

Essential:

• End-to-end payroll processing, from onboarding to RTI submission.
• Strong payroll, pensions and HMRC compliance knowledge.
• Proven payroll reconciliation and problem-solving skills.
• Accurate and detail-focused in high-volume environments.
• Confident managing statutory payments and deductions.
• Advanced Excel skills with excellent deadline management.
• Handle complex tax queries with discretion and confidentiality.

Desirable:

• CIPP-Ideally but would take experience over qualification

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Homes England guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

Homes England guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".