Payroll Officer

The Opportunity

Charterhouse seeks to appoint a highly organised and detail-oriented School Payroll Officer to join our busy Payroll team.

This pivotal role is responsible for delivering an accurate and efficient payroll service for school employees, ensuring compliance with payroll legislation, pension regulations, and school policies.

The successful candidate will have excellent numerical and administrative skills, experience working with payroll systems, and the ability to manage confidential information with discretion. Working closely with HR, Finance, and school leaders, you will support monthly payroll processing, maintain employee remuneration records, and respond to payroll-related queries in a professional and timely manner.

As part of a 3-strong Payroll Team, the Payroll Officer is responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely processing of payroll for approximately 1,000 employees across the School Group, comprising one senior school, three preparatory schools and two subsidiary companies.

Working as a key liaison between Payroll and Human Resources, the role is responsible for coordinating payroll inputs, validating information, producing payroll calculations, maintaining payroll records and ensuring payroll is processed accurately and efficiently. Whilst working closely with HR, responsibility for maintaining HR records remains with the HR team.

An attractive salary is offered, together with benefits including membership of the Sports Club, Employee Assistant Programme, cash health plan and contributory pension scheme