Job Title: Employee Benefits & Payroll Administrator

Hours: Part Time (approximately 15 hours a week)

Location: Hybrid working (office and home)

Our Company:

Alex Simpson established Harding Financial Ltd in 2011 with the goal of becoming the South East’s premier independent financial planning and employee benefits firm. The Retail Distribution Review had just been announced by the Financial Services Authority, and was to be enforced on 1st January 2013. At the time many advisory firms were downsizing or even leaving the industry to avoid the more stringent legislation and qualification requirements. Alex saw this as a brilliant opportunity to launch Harding Financial and improve the reputation of independent financial advice while providing clients with a highly professional and personally tailored service.

Our team has steadily grown and everyone shares Alex’s commitment to trustworthy advice of the highest quality. Some might even say we are obsessive about creating the best possible outcomes for all of our clients.

Everyone at Harding is proud to know that we do more research, talk to more people - in and out of the industry - attend more seminars, read more books and articles, take more exams, continually boost our knowledge levels, debate and discuss, live and laugh, smile and frown more than any other business you’ll ever engage with.

We are continuing to build a team of individuals who share the company’s passion for high quality, customer driven advice.

The Role:

To support the Head of Corporate Advice & Payroll with running monthly payroll for our range of corporate clients. This will include:

• Liaising with our corporate clients and obtaining the required data for each months’ payroll
• Setting new clients up on our payroll system Staffology
• Updating our payroll system each month with employment/pay changes
• Running annual P11ds and employee benefits return
• Liaise with pension scheme providers to ensure all client pension arrangements are in order
• Deal with inquiries from HMRC and client

Supporting the corporate team with general benefits administration, this will include:

• Conducting market and product research
• Preparing quotes and negotiating terms for new and existing benefit schemes
• Preparation of recommendation reports for new and existing clients
• Handling employee and employer queries on benefits
• Supporting employees making policy claims

Qualifications Required:

• Minimum of 3 A-levels or equivalent qualification
• Ideally some industry relevant or payroll qualifications or an interest in completing these.

Experience Required:

• Previous administration experience essential
• Ideally, some experience either in benefits administration or payroll administration
• Experience working directly with clients and a confident communicator

Skills Required:

• High attention to detail and strong organisational ability
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good IT and systems skills; specifically in Microsoft Excel
• Inquisitive and curious thinker
• Flexible approach to working
• Ability to juggle tasks, prioritise and work well under pressure