HR / Payroll Assistant

hireful; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Hireful in the United Kingdom is seeking a junior payroll and benefits professional to join a supportive HR team on a fixed-term contract until November 2027. The hybrid role requires 1 day in the Liverpool office, 2 days in Warrington, and 2 days remote, with a salary of £27,783.

You'll learn payroll and benefits processes, support colleagues with pay and pension queries, and help streamline reward and people services across the business.

Qualifications

• Ideally HR, Business, or Accounting/Finance graduate.
• Early exposure to payroll, pensions, or HR administration is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Act as a friendly first point of contact for colleagues and managers on pay, pension, and benefits queries.
• Assist with administering pension schemes, employee benefits, mileage claims, and changes for starters/leavers.
• Process payroll data with accuracy and confidentiality, ensuring timeliness.
• Suggest process improvements to streamline people services.
• Support year-end activities, audits, and wellbeing initiatives.

Skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Numerical skills

IT skills

Communication

Payroll systems

HR systems

Education

HR / Business / Accounting degree

Tools

Payroll systems

HR systems

Job description

Are you an ambitious HR, Business, or Accounting graduate looking to kick-start your career in HR, Payroll, or similar?

Or perhaps you already have some initial exposure to HR systems, payroll, or benefits administration and want to continue your professional development?

We are looking for a enthusiastic junior payroll and benefits person to join a supportive HR team on a fixed-term contract until November 2027.

This hybrid role is working 1 day in the Liverpool office per week, 2 days in the Warrington office and 2 days working from home. Paying a salary of £27,783

This is a fantastic entry-to-mid-level stepping stone where you’ll learn the ropes of payroll and benefits while helping deliver a brilliant service to colleagues across the business.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Act as a friendly first point of contact for colleagues and managers, helping resolve everyday pay, pension, and benefit queries.
• Assist with administering pension schemes, employee benefits, mileage claims, and handling new starters, leavers, and contractual changes.
• Process payroll and reward data with strong attention to detail, ensuring everything is accurate, confidential, and on time.
• Bring your fresh ideas! Help review and streamline processes to make our people services even better.
• Support year-end activities, audits, and wider wellbeing and reward initiatives.

What We’re Looking For:

• Ideally an HR, Business, or Accounting/Finance graduate, or someone with early practical experience in a payroll, pensions, reward, or busy HR administration environment.
• Good IT skills, a head for numbers, and top-tier attention to detail.
• Warm, professional communication skills with a natural customer-first attitude.
• Able to manage your workload, meet deadlines, and commit to the hybrid working pattern across our Liverpool and Warrington offices (a driving licence/access to a vehicle is a bonus!).
• GCSE Maths and English (Level 4/C or equivalent).

If you are eager to learn, enjoy working with data and people, and want to build a fantastic foundation in Reward and Payroll, then we’d love to hear from you!