Vacancy Details

Payroll Elite have partnered with a global professional services company, who are currently looking for a Payroll Associate. This position offers a fantastic opportunity to join an extremely reputable business, where you will learn, progress and work within an excellent team.

This is a Hybrid role with 1 day working in the office.

Duties:

• 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

Skills:

• Minimum of 6 months payroll experience

• Experience in processing high volume payslips

• Dealt with statutory payments, RTI submissions and PAYE.

• 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

Excellent Benefits include:

• Holiday - 25 days leave - our holiday year runs from 1st July so this would be pro-rated in year one. You can also buy up to 10 days annual leave at the point of annual renewal.

• Private Medical after 2 years‘ service

• Group pension - see below.

• Income Protection 50% of salary

• Life Assurance 4 x salary

• We also offer a flexible benefits programme, this lets you select additional benefits while saving on tax and national insurance contributions. This ranges from childcare vouchers, dental to retail discounts.

Pension

• All employees will be automatically enrolled into the plan at a level of 4% (Base salary) which will be matched by the firm. Paying a little more could help make a big difference to your choices at retirement. The firm will match up to 7% of your contributions and if you wish to pay more than 7% you could elect to pay special employer contributions (SECs) and the firm will match 10% of any SEC.

• You are able to decrease contributions below 4% after you have been enrolled and the firm will match this reduced contribution

Flexible benefits could include:

• Bike to work

• Salary sacrifice for car arrangement

• Travel insurance

• Gym discounts