4-Day Week Payroll Officer (Office-Based)

Forrest Recruitment Ltd.; England; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Forrest Recruitment Ltd. is seeking a payroll administrator to join our in-house payroll team. The role is fully office-based in the United Kingdom, with a 4-day workweek including Fridays.

The advertised hourly rate is £15ph, and you will manage end-to-end payroll processing for a large headcount. Key duties include onboarding and offboarding staff, processing pay changes, calculating NI and Tax, handling SSP/SMP/SPP, and addressing payroll and pension queries.

Qualifications

• Proven experience processing payroll for a large headcount.
• Confident handling payroll deductions and changes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of payroll legislation, pension regulations, PAYE, Tax and NI.

Responsibilities

• Process all new starters and leavers.
• Action changes in pay such as promotions and bonuses.
• Update sickness and absence for all staff.
• Calculate deductions such as NI and Tax.
• Process SSP, SMP and SPP.
• Respond to payroll and pension queries.
• Check payroll information is correct and authorised.
• Calculate complex payroll calculations.
• Update payroll information for audit readiness.

Skills

Payroll processing

Payroll deductions

Pension queries

Tax calculations

NI calculations

Job description

Forrest Recruitment Ltd. is seeking a payroll administrator to join our in-house payroll team. The role is fully office-based in the United Kingdom, with a 4-day workweek including Fridays.

The advertised hourly rate is £15ph, and you will manage end-to-end payroll processing for a large headcount. Key duties include onboarding and offboarding staff, processing pay changes, calculating NI and Tax, handling SSP/SMP/SPP, and addressing payroll and pension queries.