Interim Payroll Assistant

Castle Employment Agency Ltd; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Castle Employment Agency Ltd is seeking an Interim Payroll Assistant to support its payroll team in Huddersfield for approximately 12-14 months. The role includes managing payroll processing, providing exceptional service, and benefiting from a competitive salary and generous perks like 33 days' holiday, including your birthday off. This position also allows for hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

33 days holiday including bank holidays

Hybrid working (2 days from home)

Birthday off (if it falls on a working day)

Qualifications

• Experience as a Payroll Officer, Payroll Assistant, or similar role.
• Proactive and positive attitude; ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Accurately process timesheets, expenses, and payroll data.
• Assist with inputting and reconciling monthly payroll data.
• Answer basic payroll queries.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Organisational skills

Tools

Sage Payroll

Payroll Manager

Microsoft Excel

Job description

We’re seeking a Interim Payroll Assistant to join a payroll team in Huddersfield temporarily for a period of around 12-14 months (to summer 2026), to support a payroll team with a MAT cover role. A salary of circa £28,000 to £32,000 is available for the right individual, with some hybrid working (2 days from home per week). This role will likely be circa 5 days a week, with some flexibility to suit the individual and business needs. Alongside salary, this company offers a generous compensation package including attractive Monday to Friday working hours, 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), plus your birthday off (if this falls on a working day), as well as an amazing culture and team.

As Interim Payroll Assistant, you’ll play a key role in ensuring accurate and timely payroll processes, working closely within the payroll team. You'll manage your own client base, processing payrolls from start to finish and delivering exception service.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Accurately processing timesheets, expenses, absence data, starters, leavers, and any other changes onto the payroll system.
• Assisting in the inputting, balancing and reconciliation of the monthly payroll data.
• Answer basic payroll queries.
• Assisting with other ad hoc finance tasks as needed.

To be successful in this Interim Payroll Assistant role, you will ideally have:

• Experience in Payroll Officer, Payroll Assistant, or a similar payroll opportunity.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Familiarity with payroll systems (such as Sage Payroll and Payroll Manager) and good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• A proactive and positive attitude with the ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

We would be keen to speak with individuals who are currently in a Payroll Assistant, Payroll Admin or Payroll Officer. You may be from an industry or Accountancy Practice setting to be considered for this role.

Based in Huddersfield, this role is commutable from Leeds, Wakefield, Bradford, Halifax, Holmfirth and surrounding areas, with parking available on-site, as well as good public transport routes - via bus or train.

If you’re ready to make an impact and keep things running smoothly, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now or contact us for more details about this Interim Payroll Assistant role.