Payroll Administrator

Reed Accountancy have an exciting opportunity to join an expanding accountancy practice in the Payroll team.   Are you a motivated Payroll Administrator, looking for your next step?

This opportunity would be based within the busy payroll team that offers full payroll services to 250 clients across the Northeast.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Process weekly, fortnightly and monthly payrolls in a timely and accurately manner
• Undertake manual calculations of SSP, SMP, SPP and check against the payroll software and complete any forms for the DWP if appropriate
• Check information provided by clients and if necessary, raise any queries with clients
• Run various reports from the payroll system for managers to review and rerun if appropriate
• Produce packs of reports and place in Virtual Cabinet ready for publishing
• Keep the work schedule up to date
• Once confirmation is received from the client, finalise the payroll and issue remaining reports and online payslips
• Pass any banking onto managers for BACS submission
• Upload pension details to the relevant pension provider to meet the appropriate deadlines
• Manage the payroll data inbox daily including logging incoming payroll changes and liaising with clients to resolve queries and respond to requests
• Produce year end reports and issue P60s
• Ensure that all payroll activities meet legislative and statutory requirements

About You

• Have high-volume payroll experience gained in a payroll bureau
• Have working knowledge of payroll legislation
• Exceptional organisational skills

• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be confident speaking to clients and colleagues face to face, over the telephone and by email

• The ability to check work for accuracy and have good attention to detail
• Be able to demonstrate your initiative to solve problems
• Be flexible and proactive in managing multiple priorities

• Excellent IT skills, including working knowledge of Outlook, Word and Excel
• Be able to work individually and as part of a team

It would be desirable if you had some knowledge of payroll software packages such as Sage, along with payroll experience gained in an accountancy practice. Knowledge of auto-enrolment and understanding the workings of Directors NIC would also be beneficial