Payroll Administrator

Accountancy Action; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Accountancy Action Limited is seeking an experienced Payroll Assistant to join our busy payroll team in London. The role involves processing weekly and monthly payrolls, handling queries, timesheets, expenses, holidays, sickness, starters and leavers.

This hands-on role requires accuracy, strong admin skills, and the ability to work 3 days in the office and 2 days remotely. Training with Sage and Construct systems will be provided.

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll, ideally in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong admin and data-entry capabilities.
• Excellent attention to detail and methodical approach.

Responsibilities

• Accurately entering and updating payroll and time & attendance data daily.
• Process weekly timesheets with appropriate authorisation.
• Set up new starters and leavers across payroll.
• Update payroll records with changes to employee information.
• Record sickness and manage holiday information.
• Process weekly expenses and deductions.
• Produce attendance and payroll reports for departments.
• Process subcontractor invoices through Sage and Construct systems.
• Prepare weekly/monthly subcontractor invoices and expenses.

Skills

Payroll experience

Data entry

Attention to detail

Organisation skills

Tools

Sage

Construct

Job description

Are you an experienced Payroll Assistant looking for your next opportunity within a busy, fast-paced environment?

We are looking for a highly organised and detail-focused Payroll Assistant to join our payroll team, supporting the accurate and timely processing of weekly and monthly payrolls for . This role is working 3 days in the office and 2 days remote working.

This is a hands-on role where you'll play an important part in ensuring employees, workers and subcontractors are paid accurately and on time. You'll work closely with colleagues across the business, dealing with payroll queries, timesheets, expenses, holidays, sickness, starters and leavers, as well as supporting subcontractor payments and pension administration.

What you'll be doing

Your responsibilities will include:

• Accurately entering and updating payroll and time & attendance information on a daily basis.
• Processing weekly timesheets and ensuring all information has been appropriately authorised.
• Setting up new starters and leavers across payroll
• Updating payroll records with changes to employee information.
• Recording sickness and managing holiday information.
• Processing weekly expenses and deductions.
• Producing attendance and payroll reports for departments across the business.
• Processing subcontractor invoices through Sage and Construct systems.
• Preparing weekly/monthly subcontractor invoices and expenses.

What we're looking for

We're looking for someone who takes pride in getting things right and enjoys working in a busy environment where no two days are necessarily the same.

You'll ideally have:

• Previous payroll experience, preferably within a fast-paced environment
• Strong administration and data-entry experience.
• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach

The person

You'll be someone who is reliable, thorough and naturally inquisitive, with the confidence to ask questions and investigate when something doesn't look right.

Why join?

This is a great opportunity to join an established payroll function where you'll gain exposure to a broad range of payroll responsibilities across a sizeable workforce.