Payroll Advisor

THE BUSINESS
AAB is a tech-enabled business critical services group, providing services that help businesses at every stage of the lifecycle, helping them manage the critical elements that make businesses tick – their people and their finances. AAB are focused on people. They believe in the resilience of the human spirit; that with bravery, hard work and perseverance, people can accomplish amazing things. AAB are human, passionate, bold, motivational, positive, empathetic, driven and straight-talking.
THE TEAM
At AAB we pride ourselves on providing everyone with an inspiring career opportunity. Our culture keeps the layers simple and the relationship personal. We know that our success is down to one thing, our people, and we make sure looking after our people is at the heart of everything we do. Does AAB sound like a good fit for you? We currently have an opening for a Payroll Advisor to join our Newry team at FPM.
THE ROLE
Payroll Advisor(Across Northern Ireland/Newry), Full-time
We are seeking an experienced Payroll Advisor to join our payroll team. In this role you will have a lead role in the building and maintaining of client relationships whilst being actively involved in the day-to-day planning, processing and development of the team. If you are a motivated self-starter, then this is a fantastic career opportunity to develop your skills.
Main tasks include:

• Be actively involved in the timing and managing of your clients and ensure that client process manuals are being followed and achieved
• Process payrolls and supervise resources to ensure timely completion of all tasks to agreed deadlines and standards, monitoring Bureau Management System daily
• Run Payroll projects and drive efficiencies, identifying, developing and implementing process improvements in conjunction with the wider team as part of the firm’s commitment to continuous improvement
• Build and maintain client relationships for a portfolio of clients - process, monitor recoveries and resolve fee queries
• In conjunction with the Manager identify training needs and participate in Team development, coaching and training
• Actively participate in the daily supervision of the Team, providing clear guidance and instruction, holding team accountable and providing motivational and developmental feedback regularly
• Deal with all payroll correspondence related to your clients and ensure client queries are dealt with in a timely way
• Ensure Employer and Employee enquiries are monitored and actioned within agreed timescales, escalating to Assistant Managers when appropriate
• Lead implementations, controlling the end to end implementation process for allocated new clients
• Develop and maintain an understanding of pensions set up and administration

Requirements for the role:

• Minimum 2 year’s experience of working in a similar role
• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong communication skills – both written and oral
• Experience of working to tight deadlines
• Ability to work well as part of a team
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Highly numerate with keen attention to detail
• Good team player with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels
• Experience of ROI payroll (desired but not mandatory)

THE BENEFITS
Over the years, AAB has been recognised for its excellent working practices by some of the most prestigious award bodies in the UK. We pride ourselves in the fact that our approach across the AAB Group has gained an excellent reputation and is loved by our employees.
Some of our benefits are:

• Hybrid, agile and family friendly working practices to enable you to manage your work life alongside your home life
• Ongoing personalised coaching and mentoring programmes to maximize your potential
• Full payment of private healthcare and dental care
• Workplace pension
• Regular updates from our Health & Wellbeing team and access to all Headspace resources
• We’re energetic people who like nothing more than having a bit of fun; with our Social Club organising frequent staff events and initiatives
• Volunteering leave through the Anderson Anderson & Brown Charitable Initiative (AABi)
• Working at a recognised Best Company and Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For
• Regular communication from our leadership team regarding AAB Group activities and initiatives