SCARLET MICHELLE ELLIS
Arnold,Nottingham
Summary
My latest positions within the Payroll setting, working extensively with Itrent Software, SelectPay and more recently with Xero is what makes me an ideal candidate for the job. My ability to hit the ground running, with a keen eye for accuracy and numbers, will only prove to be an asset. I have proven to be a quick learner and am hungry for more responsibility. I am results-orientated and to that end I am very driven, motivated, and hardworking.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work history
Accounts/Payroll Assistant
Pre-Eminent Solutions LLP
Nottingham
2023.04 - Current
- Processed monthly payrolls for 6 companies, managing timesheets, holidays, updating wages, and ensuring accurate HMRC submissions and BACs payments.
- Raised sales invoices and emailed them alongside memo accounts and journal entries, while actively chasing aging debt to ensure timely payments.
- Working closely with management of the different companies, to collate payroll data for monthly pay runs.
- Calculating and setting up various pay elements like overtime figures, expenses, holiday pay, SMP, SMP top ups, SSP and other ad hoc adjustments.
- Calculating and maintaining logs of statutory maternity and paternity pay, along with SMP top up logs, and making relevant adjustments to staff pay.
- Processing staff pension contributions and AVC’s (Additional Voluntary Contributions) via NEST and Salary Sacrifice.
- Processing Apprenticeship levy submissions via HMRC Basic PAYE tools as Xero does not allow for this.
- Maintaining up to date logs of all staff on payrolls, with regular updating of starters, leavers, NI categories, student loans, NMW rates.
- Constantly working towards the pre-set payment deadlines.
- Experience of working with Xero Payroll and Accounting software.
- Dealing with payroll queries in a timely manner, by liaising with branch staff and escalating to relevant departments/managers if needed.
- Staying up to date and knowledgeable of current legislation regarding SSP, SMP, NMW, and tax codes.
- Staying updated of PAYE, NI EE, NI ER and Pension thresholds and calculations.
- Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel, with experience using pivots and complex formulas
- Ability to create small macros to replace repetitive tasks.
- Performed various administrative tasks to support operations
Payroll Administrator
City & County Healthcare
Nottingham
2022.02 - 2023.04
- Handling and processing of weekly and 4 weekly payrolls for care workers, from generating gross to nets to FPS submissions to HMRC.
- Working closely with the operational staff of the different care company branches to collate payroll data for weekly and 4 weekly pay runs.
- Calculating and setting up various pay elements like overtime figures, negative overtime figures, expenses, holiday pay and other ad hoc adjustments.
- Calculating and maintaining logs of sick leave, statutory sick leave, statutory maternity and paternity pay and making relevant adjustments to staff pay.
- Maintaining up to date spreadsheets of staff pension contributions.
- Maintaining up to date logs of all staff on payrolls, with regular updating of starters and leavers
- Constantly working towards the pre-set payment deadlines.
- Experience of working with Itrent and Select Pay.
- Dealing with payroll queries in a timely manner, by liaising with branch staff and escalating to relevant departments/managers if needed.
- Staying up to date and knowledgeable of current legislation regarding SSP, SMP and tax codes.
- Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel, with experience using pivots and complex formulas
- Ability to create small macros to replace repetitive tasks.
- Other general ad hoc administrative work
Payroll Administrator
Trailfinders
Kensington, London
2019.11 - 2021.12
- Providing comprehensive support to the Payroll Manager, with the three monthly Payrolls, using MHR Itrent.
- Working closely with the Rosters and HR departments to collate data for the 3 Payrolls.
- Calculating and setting up various pay elements like overtime figures, negative overtime figures and other adjustments to staff pay.
- Calculating and maintaining logs of sick leave, statutory sick leave, statutory maternity and paternity pay and making relevant adjustments to staff pay.
- Maintaining up to date logs of all staff on payrolls, with regular updating of starters and leavers
- Collating data from the Rosters and HR teams with regards to unpaid leave or sick deductions.
- Maintaining up to date spreadsheets of staff pension contributions – statutory and additional sacrifices.
- Constantly working towards the pre-set payment deadlines.
- Dealing with payroll queries, with any necessary liaising with the HR and Rosters teams and escalating to relevant departments/managers if needed.
- Staying up to date and knowledgeable of current legislation regarding SSP, SMP and furlough
- Familiar with the various LINK pages in Itrent.
- Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel, with experience using pivots and complex formulas.
- Other general ad hoc administrative work
General Accounts team
Trailfinders
Kensington, London
2003.03 - 2019.11
- Experience of working with high volume of invoices and large payment sums.
- Ensuring all purchase invoices have appropriate authorization.
- Uploading purchase invoices to SAGE 1000 using Db Authorize
- Setting up payment batches
- Making weekly payment runs with appropriate approval and authorization.
- Working on supplier statements on a regular basis to ensure that accounts are up to date and there are no aging/pending invoices.
- Dealing with payment issues as and when they arise and liaising with other departments and suppliers to get issues resolved in a timely manner.
- Setting up new suppliers in SAGE 1000.
- Dealing with suppliers via email, over the phone and sometimes in person.
- Generating month end reports
- Other general month end tasks.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Other general ad hoc administrative duties.
Education
AAT Level 3 - Advanced Diploma - Accounting
AAT Level 2 – Foundation Certificate - Accounting
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
Stella Maris University
IndiaSkills
- Payroll administration
- Payroll processing
- MHR iTrent
- Sage 1000 proficiency
- Advanced Excel skills
- Data management
- VBA macro setup
- Results orientation
- Quick learner
Timeline
Accounts/Payroll Assistant
Pre-Eminent Solutions LLP
2023.04 - Current
Payroll Administrator
City & County Healthcare
2022.02 - 2023.04
Payroll Administrator
Trailfinders
2019.11 - 2021.12
General Accounts team
Trailfinders
2003.03 - 2019.11
AAT Level 2 – Foundation Certificate - Accounting
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
Stella Maris University