Payroll

Your new company

This leading firm of Accountants and Business Advisers operate across the UK, Ireland and the Nordics. They are ranked as a top ten accountancy firm in the UK and are the number one largest SME practice. They currently have a need for an experienced Payroller to join the Payroll team, processing client payrolls.

Your new role

To ensure the accurate and timely delivery of client payrolls, undertake general administrative duties and work collaboratively within the payroll hub. You will also be responsible for effectively communicating with clients, offices, HMRC and third-party providers. To make sure we are always giving our clients the best payroll service you will need to keep up to date with all payroll legislation and industry changes though independent research.Key accountabilities

The key responsibilities can be summarised as:

• Ensure the accurate and timely delivery of client payrolls to agreed deadlines.
• Inputting data for any of the payrolls when necessary, running Audit and validation checks for payroll as well as interfacing of data to General Ledger and Pensions systems
• Monitoring SSP, SMP and other statutory payments and calculations
• Processing accurate and timely year-end reporting when necessary.
• Managing any payroll changes to the time and attendance systems (BMS).
• Administer the end-to-end payroll process and auto enrolment compliance for a portfolio of clients.
• You will be on hand to answering any payroll related enquiries from clients and being a trusted advisor.
• Acting as first line support for pay queries.
• Peer checking of payrolls.
• Undertake general administrative duties and work collaboratively within the payroll hub.
• Develop relationships with clients, ensuring effective communication with the wider offices, HMRC and other third-party providers.
• Effectively communicating with team and wider payroll teams.
• Requirement to keep up to date with payroll legislation and industry changes though independent research.

What you'll need to succeed

• Previous payroll administration experience, minimum of one year service within a busy service driven environment (preferably within a bureau environment)
• End to end Payroll processing experience including pensions, benefits and statutory payments
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail across both manual and systems based work
• A natural ability to coordinate, prioritise and multitask with little supervision
• Strong customer focused approach, ability to handle customer queries by telephone and email
• Be able to adapt to a highly changeable environment
• Excellent verbal and?written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure whilst meeting tight deadlines
• Knowledge and understanding of payroll legislation, processing, and auto enrolment regulations
• Must have the ability to manually calculate a payroll

What you'll get in return

Benefits include hybrid & flexible working, birthday leave, professional subscription and much more.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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