Payroll

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Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

• explain the payroll cycle, from changes and cut-off to payment and reporting
• enter starters, leavers, and changes accurately from authorised forms
• answer routine pay queries, keeping pay information confidential

2. Working

You can:

• calculate pay, enhancements, overtime, sickness, and family leave payments
• apply tax, pension, and other deductions correctly
• check payroll outputs and correct errors before payment
• recover overpayments sensitively and in line with policy

3. Practitioner

You can:

• run the full payroll for a group of staff and sign off the payroll checks
• manage statutory payroll reporting and pension returns
• resolve complex cases, such as multiple contracts, back pay, or salary sacrifice
• test changes to the payroll system, such as annual pay awards and rule changes

4. Expert

You can:

• manage the organisation's payroll service, whether run in house or by a provider
• set payroll controls and assure senior leaders that payments are accurate and lawful
• plan for changes in pay rules, pay awards, and payroll systems
• lead the response to major payroll failures

Closest ESCO skills

• manage payroll (close match)
• calculate wages (narrow match)
• check payrolls (narrow match)
• manage payroll reports (narrow match)

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