Our Central London based client, an organisation responsible for overseeing HR, Payroll and Employee services, is currently recruiting for a Payroll Team Leader on a 6 month fixed term contract for maternity cover. Contracted hours are 37 hours per week and is offering hybrid working, with two days in the office per month. The salary on offer is £43,000 per annum. Key tasks and responsibilities: Controlling own section of the payroll, including the following duties: Run the team of six and be first point of call for any escalation Monitor monthly client allocation, pension uploads, BACS schedules and collection of monthly statistics Process payroll data received from client HR department/line managers relating to starters, leavers, pay reviews, pay adjustments, sickness and change of hours, deputising, and payment of allowances and any other input To answer telephone and e-mail queries from client or employees and third parties promptly and effectively Manage own workload, taking responsibility for maintaining workloads To meet tight deadlines regarding cut off dates Process any changes to payroll which may arise out of queries, e.g. raise overpayments and make payments Check data for self and colleagues work, providing an audit trail of events Ensure that all targets for service delivery are met and where possible exceeded Adhere to the Data Protection Act, Client confidentiality, organisation Policies and Procedures and Quality Management requirements Essential