Payroll Associate

Payroll Associate - £24k - £27k - DOE

Are you at the early stages of your payroll career and looking for a professional environment to continue your development in whilst benefiting from support for professional qualifications?

Would the opportunity to work alongside a variety of internal teams whilst gaining exposure to full end to end payroll processing be attractive to you?

Do you want to work for a global company who value and invest in their people and reward employee contribution with a competitive salary and flexible benefits package?

What does a day to day look like?

• Maintain a portfolio of client payrolls processing around 1000 headcount. 
• An understanding of current PAYE and NIC legislation that affects payroll.  
• Ensure all starters, leavers, benefits and allowances information is entered on to the Payroll database and update the relevant spreadsheet to record all entries made 
• Calculate leavers pay when leaving mid-month 
• Calculation of statutory payments 
• Process P45 forms  
• Print and sort payslips for distribution 
• Run payroll reports 
• Ensure monthly salary payment for client payrolls are transferred to the correct accounts in a timely manner 
• Upload FPS and EPS reports to HMRC as required 
• Good understanding of the payroll software and its functionality 
• Respond to client queries regarding payroll in a professional and timely manner 
• Deal with HMRC correspondence enquiries 
• Maintain an up to date client status schedule   
• Deal with general administrative duties, as requested  
• Assist the Supervisors with BACS uploading. 
• Review / Quality Check Associates’ payrolls to ensure accuracy. 
• Resolve any issues with clients / deal with complaints / escalations 
• Periodically review payrolls to ensure effective processing  

Who we are looking for?

• Qualification with the CIPP in terms of either a National Payroll Certificate or Year 1 of the Foundation Degree in Payroll Management completed, or equivalent, is highly desirable 
• A strong work ethic and willingness to assist other members of the team when required. 
• Able to multi-task and to prioritise payroll workload 
• Good interpersonal, communication and organisational skills 
• Have a knowledge of changes to legislation which effect payroll 
• Confident and competent in dealing with clients 
• Have a working knowledge of MS Office 
• Good time keeping/punctuality 

Interested?

Please forward your CV to James Walker using the apply online now link.

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