Job Description

A new position has become available for a Senior Payroll Administrator with our client, a regional firm of Chartered Accountants based in Newport.
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.

Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that the candidate can accurately process data, work well under time constraints and be flexible to working overtime as and when required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities