Senior Payroll Assistant

Are you a self-motivated, hardworking, ambitious person looking for your next challenge? If you are, and you’re looking to join a national operation with international reach, then we have a great role for you, based at our London office near Tower Bridge for a Senior Payroll Assistant

You can join a talented group of individuals in our Payroll department who support our growing network of UHY firms across the UK.

Our firm

The UHY Hacker Young Group is a leading UK network of chartered accountants with 20 offices spanning England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We are also a founding member of UHY International, our Top 20 global network, which has over 340 offices in all major global business jurisdictions.

We are a people-first business, and we recognise that you, and the rest of our team, are essential to deliver on our purpose of helping you prosper, whether you are a client, a member of our team, or part of our wider community.

We want you to be challenged, to learn and grow while you’re with us, to have fun in the workplace, work with like-minded individuals, and deliver great services.

Are you looking to join a team that:

• is values driven?
• believes in and delivers a culture of work-life balance, with a focus on wellbeing?
• provides a clear career framework and routes to progress?
• understands the importance of rewarding and retaining high calibre teams?
• delivered 20% growth in the last 12 months?

If so we would love to hear from you.

Role overview

The firm is looking to recruit a Payroll Assistant to join the London office.

Forming part of a department of seven, the successful candidate will be responsible for weekly and monthly payrolls for a variety of UHY Hacker Young Clients.

Job description

Duties will include:

• Processing payrolls from beginning to end in accordance with current legislation, policies and processes, and time lines, while ensuring that all payroll transactions are approved by an appropriately authorised person
• Process Leavers, Calculate Holiday payments, PILON and other associated termination payments
• Calculation of absence including sickness, leave and statutory payments.
• Process other payments/deductions, including Auto-enrolment, Court orders and Contractual payments. Ensuring that Audit and Statutory requirements are met.
• Input changes to employee personal details, e.g. bank account and address details.
• Input statutory changes, P45, P46, P6, and P9, student loan notices and court orders.
• Maintain confidentiality and make sure sensitive files are protected appropriately
• Make ad-hoc payroll payments on occasion, and support the team in responding to questions
• Maintain up to date knowledge of Payroll legislation and internal policies
• Ensure all payroll deadlines are met and quality levels are maintained
• Ensure all payrolls under your responsibility are processed and paid on time, and ensure pensions, PAYE/NI, are paid on time
• Ensure information, policy & procedures and employee files are kept current and accurate
• Support on a range of Payroll projects
• Assist with monitoring the payroll inbox and dealing with queries in a timely manner
• Perform any other tasks associated with payroll to complete payrolls within agreed deadlines

Working arrangements

The working week: 35 hours per week (Monday-Friday) to be worked from 09:30-17:30 with flexibility of hours to meet specific work demands.

Location: Your principal work base is our London Office, however we do accommodate working from home once passed 3 month probation period and have a flexi time scheme in place which will allow some movement around these hours.

At UHY it’s all about you - our benefits

• 28 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Discretionary Christmas shutdown not counted as part of holiday entitlement
• The ability to 'purchase’ extra days leave in salary sacrifice
• Private medical insurance at discounted rates
• Private medical insurance (Assistant manager and above)
• Private dental cover at discounted rates
• Subsidised corporate gym membership at Fitness First
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Season ticket loan (for travel)
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay
• Pension Scheme arrangements
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric car scheme (coming soon) Person specifications - Desirable experience and skills
• Preferred experience working in a payroll bureau
• Proven payroll knowledge
• Knowledge of UK manual tax and national insurance calculations
• A confident user of Excel, Word,
• Good communication skills, both verbally and written, and the ability to work independently or as a member of a team
• Invested in promoting a customer care/service-based approach and operate with discretion
• The ability to be pro-active, flexible, and adaptable while problem solving when required
• Experience of working in a fast-paced, growing environment
• If this role interests you, please apply today