Finance assistant

The Finance Directorate has an opportunity for a Finance assistant to join our Payroll and Pension team.
The post holder should have experience of working within the payroll environment and preferably an understanding of pension administration. Working to tight deadlines the post holder will also need to be agile and support their colleagues as required.
We are currently transitioning to a new system, you will be fully involved in the process of testing, team policy writing and training as well as assisting with business as usual in our current environment. System knowledge of workday and service now would be advantageous.
As a small team we work closely with colleagues in other departments and external providers such as the pension schemes.
Duties:
Assist in processing the payroll (gross to net) in an accurate and timely manner
Assist in the maintenance of master data of employees and contracts held within the payroll and pension environments
Assist in the maintenance of employee data such as NI, tax records and bank details
Assist the payroll and pension manager with interfaces relating to other systems both internal and external
Complete all paperwork, both manually and online, for new starters, leavers and amendments
Access and interpret information from the University HR and Payroll system