Payroll Administrator

TPF Recruitment, Kent’s leading accountancy practice recruitment agency is looking for a Payroll Administrator to join an excellent firm of chartered accountants based in Ashford.

The practices provide a holistic accounting service to their clients across accounts, tax payroll, bookkeeping, CIS and VAT and services clients of all sizes across a range of sectors including manufacturing, professional services, marketing, sales, healthcare, start ups etc. This is a pivotal payroll position where you will work alongside the payroll manager, servicing a client portfolio. The position offers excellent future prospects to progress into becoming a payroll manager.

Responsibilities

Responsible for ensuring all allocated payrolls are completed accurately and on time:

• Processing all incoming payroll impacting information and transactions e.g. new starters, leavers, absence, statutory leave and pay, tax codes & NI category changes.
• Processing and reconciling all fixed pay instructions e.g. basic salary changes, pay uplifts etc.
• Processing all weekly and / or monthly variable pay instructions from sites e.g. bonuses, shift allowances, overtime etc.
• Producing and submitting all BACS and any other external or 3rd party payment files.
• Producing and submitting all HMRC RTI and auto enrolment pension files.
• Producing and delivering high quality payroll output files to customers that comprise payslips, reports KPI's etc. relating to their respective payrolls.
• Dealing with correspondence to employees, sites and external parties e.g. overpayment recovery letters, Benefits Agency / Child support requests for information, financial references etc.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate for the position will have either bureau or accountancy practice payroll experience.
• Be CIPP qualified, part qualified or qualified by experience.
• Have experience in dealing with a mix of weekly and monthly payrolls.
• Be hard-working and up for a challenge in a fast-paced working environment.
• Have good software and technical payroll knowledge.

Benefits

• £25,000 - £32,000 dependent on experience and background, negotiable.
• Competitive holiday and pension, including parking.
• Study support, as required.
• Please apply for the vacancy or contact Tristan Finch for a confidential conversation.
• 01227 533 007.
• [emailprotected]