Payroll Administrator

Rathbone Brothers; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job description

Department: Banking & Business Partnering

Job Category: Support

Location: Liverpool, GB, L3 1NW

Date: 9 Apr 2025

Rathbones provides individual investment and wealth management services for private clients, charities, trustees and professional partners. We have been trusted for generations to manage and preserve our clients’ wealth.

Our tradition of investing and acting responsibly has been with us from the beginning and continues to lead us forward. Our ambition is to be recognised as the UK’s most responsible wealth manager.

We see it as our responsibility to invest for everyone’s tomorrow. That means doing the right thing for our clients and for others too. Keeping the future in mind when we make decisions today. Looking beyond the short term for the most sustainable outcome. This is how we build enduring value for our clients, make a wider contribution to society and create a lasting legacy. Thinking, acting and investing responsibly.

Department: Finance

Location: Liverpool

Contract Type: 12 month secondment

The Role

To assist with the processing, administration and reconciliation of the monthly payroll production, in accordance with statutory regulations ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time. To keep up to date with legislative matters, contributing to a specialist team working to tight deadlines within an ever-changing regulatory framework. Enthusiastic and analytical approaches to learning financial payroll control principles and accounting practices are essential.

Outcomes of the Role

1. To collate and input variable data on a monthly basis within pre-agreed deadlines, seeking necessary authorisations as appropriate and submission for payroll processing.
2. To ensure the timely end-to-end payroll preparation and reconciliation process is undertaken in a timely and efficient manner, producing monthly reports in accordance with required timescales.
3. Checking and reconciling allowances, deductions from pay, new joiners, leavers and permanent changes in preparation for counter review and Payroll Manager sign-off.
4. To produce remuneration reports from the payroll system, including headcount and MI information in preparation for counter review.
5. To assist with year-end processes and distribution of P11D, P60’s, Short Term Business Visitors Agreement and Jersey Benefit in Kind statements.
6. To respond to payroll queries across the business, escalating to the Payroll Manager when necessary.
7. To produce, update and maintain payroll procedures in line with internal audit requirements, ensuring Rathbones maintains an up-to-date, effective payroll service whilst protecting payroll integrity and security.
8. Maintain excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring all SLAs are met, and that policies and procedures are adhered to as necessary.

Knowledge & Experience

1. Experience of payroll administration in a medium to large scale organisation.
2. Excellent numerical and analytical skills, attention to detail, ability to compare data, compile reports and reconcile concisely.
3. Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, working well under pressure and adherence to tight deadlines.

Desirable but not essential:

1. Experience of SAP Success Factors.
2. Experience of payroll administration within Financial Services.

Life at Rathbones

We aim to become an employer of choice for the wealth management sector, to achieve this we are working hard to build a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace that motivates, develops and embraces the strengths of all our colleagues. Being part of Rathbones means you will join a team of passionate professionals in a successful culture that cares for its people. At Rathbones, we provide meaningful work, opportunities, and a voice to all.

We are committed to building a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We welcome individuals who share our values – those that are passionate about client service, operate with the highest levels of integrity and have a strong results focus.

We’re a Level 1 Disability Confident employer under the UK Government scheme. This means we’ve signed up to a set of commitments around how we recruit, retain and develop people with disabilities. If you require adjustments to apply for a role at Rathbones, please contact us via [e-mail] to let us know what adjustments you may need.