Finance and Payroll Assistant

Sharp Consultancy; Halifax; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Sharp Consultancy in Halifax is seeking a part-time Finance & Payroll Assistant to join a small finance team. The role focuses on weekly payroll for around 130 staff, plus core transactional finance duties within a supportive environment.

The successful candidate will handle timesheet extraction, payroll software inputs, ledger entries and basic management accounts assistance, while maintaining records and responding to queries.

Qualifications

• Experience with weekly payroll processing.
• Familiarity with transactional finance including ledgers and journals.
• Able to work well in a small finance team.

Responsibilities

• Process weekly payroll from timesheets and adjust sick/holiday/leave as needed.
• Run payroll checks with payroll officer to ensure timely payment.
• Maintain payroll records and respond to queries.
• Process sales ledger invoices and chase debts.
• Process purchase ledger invoices and approvals.
• Monitor bank balances and post journals for month end.
• Prepare accruals and prepayments and assist with simple management accounts.
• Support wider Finance team and handle ad hoc tasks.

Skills

Weekly payroll

Transactional finance

Team player

Flexible attitude

Professional attitude

Tools

Payroll software

Job description

A fantastic organisation based in the Halifax area are recruiting a part time (3/4 days per week) Finance & Payroll Assistant to join their small finance team. Reporting directly to the FD you will get involved in the smooth processing of c130 staff members weekly payroll along with other area of wider finance.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Process payroll on a weekly basis by extracting information from the timesheet system, reformatting as required, checking and uploading into the payroll software. Calculate adjustments around sick pay, holiday pay, parental leave, etc.
• Perform payroll checks with the support of the payroll officer ensuring payroll is delivered in a timely manner and relevant information is provided to enable it to be paid through the bank on time.
• Maintain appropriate payroll records so that queries can be answered promptly and accounting records are kept up to date.
• Process all sales ledger invoices in the month for the relevant business areas and ensure they're sent out in a timely manner, debts are collected and chased. Any queries are dealt with promptly.
• Process all purchase ledger invoices in the month, ensuring timely payment and approvals.
• Monitor the bank to ensure funds are in the correct place on a regular basis.
• Post journals into the accounting system for month end on a timely basis. Prepare and post accruals and prepayments as required with support from the wider finance team.
• Assist with preparing simple management accounts analysing against budget.
• Support the wider Finance team at as required.
• Any other ad hoc tasks as required.

Skills and Experience

• Previous weekly payroll processing experience
• Experience in wider finance including all elements of transactional finance / Assistant Accounting
• To work confidently as part of a team
• Have a flexible attitude to work and have a hands-on approach
• Have a professional attitude to your work.
• If you are looking

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction.