Payroll Assistant

Payroll Assistant

Fixed Term (6 month)

Kilkeel

The Role: Our client based in Kilkeel requires a Payroll Assistanton a fixed term contract for 6 months. The successful candidate will have at least 1 – 2 years’ sage/payroll experience. Full training will be provided for this role by the current Payroll Officer. After full training is given, the role will involve assisting the Payroll Officer to process weekly payroll for 200+ employees in a timely and accurate manner.

Responsibilities:

• Calculating hours and overtime using a time clock system and entering data onto Excel, using pivot tables to extract data to be uploaded to Sage 50 payroll.
• Maintaining the payroll processing system and records by gathering, calculating, and inputting data.
• Processing a weekly payroll using Sage 50 Payroll including statutory year end returns and P60s.
• Deal with employee queries regarding wages, deductions, attendance, and time records.
• Receive and coordinate requests for leave and other absences.
• Adhere to payroll policies and procedures and comply with relevant law.
• Identify, investigate and resolve discrepancies in timesheet and payroll records.
• Honour confidentiality of employees' pay records.
• Complete payroll reports for record-keeping purposes or managerial review.
• Calculate holiday entitlement and holiday pay in line with current legislation.
• Any other payroll duties as required by the business.

Essential requirements:

• Commitment to confidentiality
• Sage 50 Payroll qualification and/or 1-2 years Sage Payroll experience.
• Excellent IT skills with proven experience in all Microsoft Packages and a good knowledge of spreadsheets, formulas and pivot tables.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Confident telephone manner and highly developed interpersonal and oral communication skills.
• Ability to self-manage and prioritise workload.
• The ability to work as part of a team as well as on own initiative.
• Good time management.
• Good standard of formal education with above average literacy and numeracy.

Desirable:

• Experience with a piece rate pay system.
• Experience of using Mitrefinch, a computerised time and attendance system would be advantageous.

Hours of work: Mon – Thurs 9am – 5pm, Fri 9am – 1pm

Salary: £24,752 per annum

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