Payroll Officer

Scale:   Negotiable dependant on experience

Hours:   37 hours per week (part time hours will be considered)

Weeks:   52 weeks per year 

Reports to: Head of HR

Based: Sawtry Village Academy, Fen Lane, Sawtry, PE28 5TQ – travel required  

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to join Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust (CMAT). Based in Sawtry, Huntingdon, you will be joining a friendly and supportive HR team and be part of a successful Multi Academy Trust with soon to be 29 Schools/Academies/Leisure Centres.

As a Payroll Administrator you will provide high quality, comprehensive payroll support to our Core Trust employees, our HR colleagues in our schools and those employed within the Leisure Centres across the Trust ensuring we provide an excellent payroll service. You will be responsible for administering the monthly payroll from start to finish, working to strict deadlines and ensuring compliance with statutory regulations.

What are we looking for?

• Experience of working with external payroll portals such as EPM or other similar payroll portals will be essential as well as a working knowledge of various terms and conditions for support staff and teachers.

• Experience of Payroll Accounting practises and procedures.

• Excellent IT skills; particularly Microsoft Excel.

• Highly numerate, analytical, organised, process minded and detail conscious.

• Great communication skills and ability to work with staff across all levels.

• A good team player capable of flexibility with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

• Willingness to challenge existing practices and suggest improvements.

• Honest and discreet with a professional and diligent approach to work.

Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check. We expect all adults who work for the Trust to share our commitment to safeguarding and the health and wellbeing of our students.

In addition, we offer: 24 annual leave days per year (Holiday year from Jan to Dec)

New office environment

Competitive pension

Free Parking

Comprehensive induction programme

Positive and supportive working environment

Employee Assistance Programme 

We want to ensure that everyone we meet can perform to their best when interviewing, so feel free to let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.

If this sounds like a role that will interest you, please apply via the TES link. For queries or an informal discussion about the role please contact Sue Turnbull, Head of HR: STurnbull@cmatrust.net.  

Closing date: 15 December 2021

Interviews will be held during w/c 20 December 2021

CMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including an enhanced DBS check.