Hybrid Payroll Administrator - Accurate & Detail‑Driven

Sopra Steria; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Buy extra days

Death in service

Health plan

Pension

Volunteer days

Carers leave

Additional benefits

Job summary

Sopra Steria in Newport is recruiting for a payroll professional to join the Transformative Business Services payroll team. The role ensures accurate weekly and monthly payrolls, resolves complex pay queries and processes payroll transactions while maintaining records.

You will work in a hybrid setup with office days on Tuesday and Wednesday and home-working otherwise; salary is £26,298 per annum with a range of benefits and a supportive culture.

Qualifications

• Excellent attention to detail and high-quality data input skills.
• Experience investigating and resolving complex pay queries.
• Understanding of PAYE tax and National Insurance processes.
• Experience of accurate data entry and validation of financial information.
• Ability to prioritise workloads effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Delivering accurate weekly and monthly payrolls within deadlines and in line with legislation and SLAs.
• Investigating and resolving complex pay queries so customers understand changes.
• Processing payroll transactions including changes, payments, deductions and terminations.
• Validating payroll changes and maintaining accurate records.
• Processing tax, pension and payroll-related notifications.
• Supporting payroll outputs and continuous improvement activities.

Skills

Attention to detail

Investigating pay queries

PAYE & National Insurance

Data entry & validation

Prioritising workloads

Team collaboration

Job description

Sopra Steria in Newport is recruiting for a payroll professional to join the Transformative Business Services payroll team. The role ensures accurate weekly and monthly payrolls, resolves complex pay queries and processes payroll transactions while maintaining records.

You will work in a hybrid setup with office days on Tuesday and Wednesday and home-working otherwise; salary is £26,298 per annum with a range of benefits and a supportive culture.