Payroll Accountant

JGA Recruitment Group | B Corp™; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd is partnering with a leading international business to recruit a Payroll Accounting Specialist to join their growing payroll function in Cambridge.

The role focuses on payroll journals and reconciliations, month-end activities and financial controls. You will work with Payroll and Finance teams, handling queries, accruals and reporting, with opportunities to study ACCA or CIMA.

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll, payroll accounting or finance.
• Strong experience with payroll journals and reconciliations.
• Understanding of month-end processes, accruals and prepayments.
• Studying ACCA or CIMA.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with accounting systems.
• Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
• Experience in medium to large international organisation would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Processing and reviewing payroll journals accurately and within deadlines.
• Managing queries relating to payroll journals and accounting.
• Completing monthly balance sheet and P&L reconciliations.
• Supporting month-end activities, including accruals and prepayments.
• Posting payroll and benefits invoices.
• Supporting group, parent and subsidiary audits.
• Investigating discrepancies and resolving payroll accounting queries.
• Supporting ad hoc reporting, including PSA, STBV and Gender Pay Gap reporting.
• Working closely with Payroll, Finance and wider internal stakeholders.

Skills

Payroll journals

Reconciliations

Excel skills

Attention to detail

Deadline-driven

Education

ACCA/CIMA in progress

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

JGA are partnering with a leading international business to recruit a Payroll Accounting Specialist to join their growing payroll function.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a background across payroll and accounting who enjoys the financial side of payroll, including journals, reconciliations and month-end activities.

The Role

Working closely with Payroll and Finance, you will be responsible for:

• Processing and reviewing payroll journals accurately and within agreed deadlines
• Managing queries relating to payroll journals and accounting
• Completing monthly balance sheet and P&L reconciliations
• Supporting month-end activities, including accruals and prepayments
• Posting payroll and benefits invoices
• Supporting group, parent and subsidiary audits
• Investigating discrepancies and resolving payroll accounting queries
• Supporting ad hoc reporting, including PSA, STBV and Gender Pay Gap reporting
• Working closely with Payroll, Finance and wider internal stakeholders

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience within a payroll, payroll accounting or finance environment
• Strong experience with payroll journals and reconciliations
• Good understanding of month-end processes, accruals and prepayments
• Ideally studying towards ACCA or CIMA
• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with accounting systems
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work to strict deadlines
• Experience within a medium to large international organisation would be advantageous

This would suit someone looking to build on their payroll accounting experience within a complex, international environment.

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

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