Job Description

Our client, a regional firm of Chartered Accountants, is recruiting for a Senior Payroll Administrator. The position is based within the payroll team that operates a bureau service for approximately 130 of the company’s clients.

The key responsibilities will include

• Processing weekly and monthly payrolls using mainly Sage 50 Payroll software but also QuickBooks and Xero (employee numbers ranging from 1 to 700);
• Processing Auto Enrolment pension contributions and assessing employee eligibility;
• Preparing pension files and uploading to a range of pension providers;
• Preparing bank payment files and processing payments;
• Producing documents including summary reports and journals;
• Issuing documents for employees including pay slips and P45 forms;
• Understanding legislation surrounding tax, National Insurance, Real Time Information and Auto Enrolment pensions;
• Manually calculating pay from gross to net and statutory entitlements where necessary to assist with queries; and
• Dealing with enquiries from clients, their employees and HMRC.

Previous experience of running multiple payrolls in a practice environment is essential for this role.

Salary is negotiable depending on experience, but will be up to £28k.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities