Payroll Administrator

Our accountancy practice client is recruiting for an experienced Payroll Administrator on a remote, part time basis, although, occasional visits to the office just north of Oxford will be required. The firm is looking for someone to work 16-24 hours per week, and a laptop and dedicated home phone line would be provided for this role.

This expanding and successful accountancy practice provides professional accountancy services to a range of clients, from SMEs to larger companies, across a range of sectors.

Currently the payroll department has around 92 payrolls with circa 300 employees, 45 of which are director only. Eight payrolls have over 10 employees, with the largest being 56 employees. The firm is currently in negotiation to take on a large payroll of possibly 100 employees, but otherwise the growth is estimated to be 10% per year. There is additional part-time assistance in this department.

As Payroll Administrator your responsibilities will include:

• Processing weekly and monthly and annual payrolls for a variety of clients across a range of sectors
• Processing starters, leavers and other payroll entries
• Processing amendments to salaries and employee data
• Resolution of day-to-day queries and liaising with clients to request information to prepare their payroll
• Calculating and checking the clients’ payroll for approval
• Reconciling client payrolls ensuring all payrolls processed are accurate
• Providing approval reports to the clients
• Providing post payroll reporting to the client
• Processing auto-enrolment opt-in and opt-out
• Dealing with clients’ and employees’ payroll queries
• Liaising with HMRC and dealing with queries
• Ensuring the payroll database is up-to-date and accurate
• Issuing P45s
• Ensuring all electronic filing is complete

To be considered for this Payroll Administrator position, applicants will satisfy to following:

• Previous multi-payroll experience gained within a UK accountancy practice or payroll bureau environment
• An understanding of statutory payroll requirements i.e. SSP, SMP, SPP, PAYE & NI
• High levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong IT skills - experience of BrightPay, Xero and/or FreeAgent would be advantageous (the firm is transitioning to BrightPay)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Be focused upon providing a first-class service to clients

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Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications for this role from candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK, or require visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future. This includes those currently on a student or graduate visa.

Additionally, candidates must have experience gained within UK accountancy practice. We stipulate these criteria due to the high volume of applications from outside of the UK.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.

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