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Payroll and Pension Assistant

Posted: 10/01/26
Recruiter:Chiltern Railways
Reference:3057624372
Type:Permanent
Salary:£32,416 Annual
Location:Haddenham, Buckinghamshire
Description:

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 within the rail industry
  • Experience of Public sector pensions
  • Use of iTrent HRIS system
  • CIPP Qualification

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