Nicola Fallon

Experience

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  Royal Bank of Scotland Business

  Aug 1989 - Jan 2001

  Administration support to Building Surveyors and Engineers in all property repair matters

  • Payroll Officer

    Jun 1995 - Jan 2001

  • Admin Officer, Property Management

    Sept 1992 - Jun 1995

  • Customer Service Officer

    Aug 1989 - Sept 1992
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  BOC Group Plc

  Dec 2003 - May 2008

  Payroll Team Leader
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  ITV

  May 2008 - Apr 2010

  Payroll Team Leader
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  Jardine Lloyd Thompson Ltd

  Apr 2010 - Sept 2020

  Payroll Manager

  • Main duties (BAU) included:o Managing the monthly payroll using Oracle HRMS in a HR Shared Service environment including year-end activities with a team of three employees. o Checking all payroll data is entered accurately by the HR Admin Team in Mumbai, undertaking manual calculations and authorising/submitting BACs remittances to employees and third parties.o Producing and checking payroll journals, finance reports, multiple pensions' schedules, multiple schedules for other third party benefit providers and dealing with any queries or issues generated by them.• Project activity includes:o Payroll Project Lead on the Orion Project, which relocated the HR Shared Service Centre to Mumbai, bringing payroll processing in-house and re-implementing Oracle HRMS system. Scoped out payroll elements for the technical build, undertook SAT, UAT and data cleansing, organised and checked parallel pay runs and implemented a successful payroll in April 2012.o Managed the Real Time Information (RTI) Project through to implementation in June 2013 by scoping out the project plan with the team, overseeing UAT and resolving outstanding issues.o Undertook the payroll UAT on the Auto Enrolment Project, assisted with data cleansing and oversaw the implementation into the payroll in July 2013.o Payroll knowledge lead for various TUPEs in and out and acquisitions. Producing data templates to ensure accuracy of data transfer, attending different sites/organisations to capture sufficient knowledge transfer and implemented successful payrolls following the transfers.o Managed Payroll aspects on Annual Compensation Review Projects and processing through payroll ensuring all data was accurate.o Oversaw payroll aspects of internal and external auditso Ongoing system testing and reviews. Show less

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  UKFast

  Oct 2020 - Aug 2021

  Payroll Manager

  • Main duties (BAU):o Sole responsibility for end-to-end processing of 5 different payrolls using Sage 50 and Xero Payrollo Responsible for auto-enrolment processes and managing pension contribution uploads and payments to 2 different pension providers.o Supporting the HR Admin Assistant with information requests and payroll related queries from employees.

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  Virtual Accounts and Taxes Ltd

  Apr 2021 - now

  Managing Director

  Virtual Accounts & Taxes Ltd (VA&T) are based in Worsley, Manchester. We are an accounting practice offering a fully comprehensive bookkeeping and accountancy service to Individuals, the Self-Employed, Partnerships and small Limited Companies.

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  VATs Payroll Team

  May 2023 - now

  Managing Director
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  The Bookkeepers' Training Academy

  May 2024 - now

  Co-Founder