Payroll Administrator

Cobb & Jones Recruitment; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a full-time Payroll Administrator to join the finance team. The role involves processing payroll, ensuring compliance with legislation, reporting, and maintaining accurate records. The ideal candidate will have payroll experience and qualifications, with a focus on tight deadlines.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Hybrid working

Continuous training and development

Discretionary bonus scheme

Medical cash back plan

Death in service scheme

Financial wellbeing scheme

Family friendly policies

Health and wellbeing policies

Work-life balance culture

Qualifications

• Experience in processing payroll from start to finish.
• Understanding of PAYE, NI, and pension auto-enrolment.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Process both weekly and monthly payrolls accurately.
• Check and process timesheets for completeness.
• Ensure relevant payments are made on time.

Skills

Payroll processing

Understanding of payroll legislation

Attention to detail

Ability to meet deadlines

Education

Payroll Qualifications

Job description

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An opportunity for a full time Payroll Administrator has arisen to support our clients Finance team in processing both weekly and monthly payrolls.

Responsibilities and Activities:

• Processing of company payrolls, ensuring accurate calculations of all payments and deductions.
• Checking and processing timesheets for accuracy and completeness.
• Ensuring all relevant payments are made according to set timescales, to both employees and other appropriate entities.
• Payroll reporting to meet internal and statutory obligations.
• Completion of necessary payroll month end reconciliations.
• Processing the company pension schemes according to auto enrolment legislation and ensuring accurate submissions within the deadlines.
• Processing payroll year end reporting according to relevant legislation and within deadlines as set by internal and external (e.g. HMRC) requirements.
• Preparing and issuing all relevant periodic or occasional payroll documentation such as P60’s and P11D’s according to HMRC or other deadlines.
• Keeping up to date with any legislation changes.
• Training staff where necessary in every aspect of payroll.
• Assistance where required to the year-end audit process.
• General maintenance of payroll records for completeness and accuracy.
• Ad hoc tasks as directed by the Payroll Coordinator or Financial Controller to support Finance, HR, and/or Operational staff.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Previous experience of processing a payroll from start to finish as well as an understanding of payroll processes and legislation.
• Calculation of PAYE, NI, Pension auto-enrolment, RTI as well as statutory payments.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines, weekly and monthly.
• Payroll Qualifications.

Role: Payroll Administrator

Location: Gillingham, Kent

Duration: Permanent

Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week

Benefits: 25days holiday + bank holidays; hybrid working; continuous training and development;

discretionary bonus scheme; medical cash back plan; death in service scheme; financial wellbeing

scheme; family friendly and health and wellbeing policies; work life balance company culture,

mental health first aiders and many more.