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Senior Payroll Administrator

Senior Payroll Administrator

SF Recruitment (Leicester)

Posted a day ago, valid for a month

Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 1AJ, England

£30,000 per annum

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The role of Senior Payroll Administrator is available at a leading independent accountancy practice in Leicester City Centre, offering a salary between £27,000 and £32,000.
This full-time, permanent position allows for hybrid working and requires a candidate with significant experience in payroll processing and attention to detail.
Key responsibilities include processing payroll using Sage and Xero, ensuring compliance with PAYE, NI, and pension regulations, and managing client communications.
Candidates must possess knowledge of Xero or Sage, excellent communication skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
A strong ability to handle client queries and work in a fast-paced environment is essential for this position.

ROLE - Senior Payroll Administrator
LOCATION - LE1, Leicester City Centre
SALARY - £27,000 - £32,000
Full Time / Permanent
Hybrid Working Available

SF are currently working with a leading independent accountancy practice to recruit for a Senior Payroll Administrator, on a Full Time/Permanent basis. They are looking for a forward-thinking, experienced individual with high attention to detail, whilst working in a fast paced environment.

Daily Responsibilities:

Receiving payroll information from clients and processing the payroll on Sage, Xero and potentially other payroll software on a weekly, monthly, fortnightly or annual basis.
Checking figures calculated by the software to ensure that the correct PAYE/NI and pensions have been deducted.
Complying with RTI requirements including making the submissions to HMRC. Complying with automatic enrolment requirements including reviewing the payroll to ensure cyclical re-enrolment legislation is being met and making regular pension submissions to pension providers.
Submitting declarations and re-declarations of compliance to The Pensions Regulator.
Sending payroll information to clients including wages journals and other customised reports.
Making payments of PAYE and Pension contributions where authorised by the clients or advising clients of the liabilities to be paid.
Registering PAYE and Pension Schemes.
Dealing with client query e-mails and telephone calls. This includes being able to deal with difficult clients with tact and diplomacy.

Candidate requirements:

Xero / Sage knowledge.
Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
Working knowledge of Microsoft windows (Word & Excel)
High level of attention to detail.
Skilled at dealing with people and have the ability to support and develop work colleagues.
Organised and deadline driven.

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