Payroll & Accounts Assistant – Finance Team

Amegreen Children’s Services; Mortimer; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance four times salary

Health Shield health cash plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension scheme with enhanced employer"

Staff holiday home access

Training and professional development

Job summary

Amegreen Children’s Services is recruiting a Payroll and Accounts Assistant to join the Head Office team in Mortimer. You’ll support payroll processing, accounting activities and general financial administration across the organisation.

Join a team that values accuracy, confidentiality and development in a busy finance environment. You’ll collaborate with HR and operations to ensure colleagues are paid correctly and records stay compliant.

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll, accounts or a similar finance role would be beneficial.
• Strong administrative and numerical skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Willingness to learn and develop within a busy finance environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the preparation and processing of four-weekly and monthly payrolls, ensuring accuracy and deadlines are met.
• Collect and review employee timesheets, identifying discrepancies and following up on missing information.
• Maintain accurate payroll records, including starters, leavers, contractual changes, overtime and deductions.
• Respond to routine payroll enquiries from employees and managers, referring complex queries to senior colleagues.
• Support the administration of employee pensions, salary sacrifice arrangements and benefits.
• Assist with purchase and sales ledger activities, including processing invoices and maintaining financial records.
• Support bank reconciliations, payroll journals and month-end accounting processes.
• Maintain accurate financial spreadsheets and supporting documentation across departments and group companies.
• Provide additional administrative support to the Finance team and work closely with HR and operational colleagues.

Skills

Administrative skills

Numerical skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Tools

Excel

Xero

Sage 50 Payroll

Microsoft Office

Job description

Amegreen Children’s Services is recruiting a Payroll and Accounts Assistant to join the Head Office team in Mortimer. You’ll support payroll processing, accounting activities and general financial administration across the organisation.

Join a team that values accuracy, confidentiality and development in a busy finance environment. You’ll collaborate with HR and operations to ensure colleagues are paid correctly and records stay compliant.