Payroll Administrator and Accounts Assistant

Our client is seeking a detail-oriented Administrator to join their payroll team. This role is crucial in ensuring the smooth and accurate processing of payroll and supporting the Payroll and Accounts team. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and demonstrate a high level of accuracy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Process weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly payrolls, ensuring compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain and update employee records, including salaries, deductions, and benefits.
• Respond to payroll-related enquiries from internal and external contacts
• Monitor and process invoices, expense claims, and bank transactions.
• Work efficiently across multiple systems to process and manage payroll data.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of payroll and accounting systems.
• Ensure confidentiality and security of all payroll and financial data.
• Reconciliation of payments vs. invoices
• Ability to perform calculations as and when required/ do test payslips with supporting software
• Provide administrative services for pensions
• Process leavers, absence, statutory leave and pay
• Process and reconcile all fixed pay instructions e.g., basic salary changes, pay uplifts etc
• Provide administrative support, including, but not limited to the monitoring and management of relevant inboxes

Skills and Qualifications:

• Proven experience in payroll administration and/or accounts assistance.
• Strong knowledge of payroll software and accounting systems.
• Familiarity with both payroll statutory and legislative regulations and tax codes (e.g. PAYE, CIS, Umbrella).
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and other office software.
• Excellent numerical and data entry skills.
• Ability to work across multiple systems efficiently and accurately.
• Strong organisational and time management skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritise and take initiative to work to deadlines.
• Able to think clearly using logic and reasoning

Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

• Experience in a payroll company or recruitment agency is desirable.
• Experience with Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) payroll is desirable.
• Familiarity with payroll in the recruitment industry.

Monday to Friday: 9 - 17.30pm 100% office based - this is not a hybrid job

20 days holiday plus 8 Bank Holidays. Free Car Parking. Employee portal with access to 24 hr GP service, store discounts, discounted gym membership. Pension.