SYP - Finance Clerk

Carbrook - Force HQ
£18, 123 - £19, 719
Permanent

Role: Finance Clerk

Department: Corporate Finance – Finance Exchequer - Payroll

Location: Carbrook – Force HQ, Sheffield

Salary: Band B - £18, 123 - £19, 719

Hours: 25 Hours per week (4 days)          

Contract Type: Permanent

 

Role Purpose:

Work within the payroll section of the Corporate Finance Department, comprising of a team of 12, to process payroll claim forms for overtime and expenses using the Oracle Payroll System.

Key Responsibilities:

South Yorkshire Police has a requirement for a Finance Clerk part- time, permanent posts in their Finance Department to work within the Payroll section.  The positions require a supportive and advisory service to internal staff as well as external agencies, which will involve highly sensitive and confidential matters. The ideal candidate must also be able to demonstrate their ability to work within strict deadlines at the same time ensuring high levels of accuracy.

The attached Role Profile is a generic document laying out the generic post of a Finance Clerk role, in order to assist in the recruitment process we have put together this document to add further detail to the role requirement and the working environment. 

Payroll Section

The payroll section produces four payrolls per month Police (approx. 2500), Staff (approx. 2600), PCC (approx. 35) and Pensioner (approx. 3800) using Oracle EBS payroll, which is fully integrated with HR and Finance.

The ideal candidate will work as part of a team and will play a role in the high volume end-to-end payroll processes.  You will be required to help process a large number of claims for overtime, expenses and mileage and deal with payroll queries.  You will also be required to carry out some payroll administration on the system for voluntary deductions, bank, tax details and deal with overtime and payslip queries. The roles demands the preferred candidate to be methodical, organised and have good attention to detail with the ability to work to tight deadlines.

Skills and experience:

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position please refer to the attached role profile.

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive polices to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

  • Generous annual leave allowance
  • Flexible and agile working
  • Generous ‘family’ leave
  • Access to a range of occupational health facilities
  • Generous pension scheme
  • Employee assistance service ( accessible 24/7)

Further information:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history of 3 years has been identified for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made with the HR Manager, Recruitment and the Line Manager for the role.

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South Yorkshire Police welcome applications from under-represented communities.  For further information on diversity and inclusion within South Yorkshire Police, please visit the diversity and inclusion page: https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/sign-up/for-a-job-with-syp/diversity-in-the-force/

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Julie Read (Payroll Manager) on 0114 2523 450.  Please do not contact this number for an application form.

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Closing Date:

Wednesday, 23rd January 2019 

This opportunity is closed to applications.