Payroll Administrator

Cygnet Group; West Malling; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression

Supervisor support

Employee referral

Pension plan

Cycle to work + discounts

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Administrator to join our team at our new office in Kings Hill, West Malling. This full-time role (37.5 hours) is hybrid with 2 days per week at the Kings Hill office, offering a salary up to £30,000 and strong progression opportunities.

You’ll handle end-to-end pay cycles, statutory payments, pensions, NLW compliance, and related deductions, while ensuring accuracy and confidentiality across payroll processes in a supportive culture.

Qualifications

• Excellent organisational and planning skills.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Verbal and written communication skills, including report writing.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confidentiality and adaptability.
• Information gathering and monitoring skills.
• Problem solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Full end to end pay cycle processing, including adding starters, leavers, contractual and personal detail changes.
• Processing statutory payments and pension changes.
• Handling salary sacrifice arrangements and NLW compliance.
• Processing pay relating to hours worked, allowances, bonuses, and other amounts.
• Managing deductions per regulatory requirements.
• Monitoring NLW breaches and ensuring accurate cycle information.
• Identifying and reporting over/underpayments with evidence.
• Ensuring proper local-level payroll authorization.
• Processing supplementary payments with correct backup.
• Correctly processing manual payments in subsequent runs.

Skills

Organisational skills

Planning

Communication

Confidentiality

Adaptability

Report writing

Information gathering

Problem solving

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Helping others improve and turn their lives around – there’s no better feeling. It’s what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.

We are looking for a experienced Payroll Administrator to join our team at our new office in Kings Hill, West Malling.

Joining us on a full time, 37.5 hour per week basis you will work in a hybrid capacity with 2 days per week based at the Kings Hill office.

At Cygnet, our perks go way beyond pension schemes and excellent professional development.

You’ll also enjoy shopping, travel and leisure discounts – as well as a range of healthcare and financial benefits – to support you to be happy both in and out of work.

With us, you’ll have the chance to progress your career in a vibrant, supportive culture tailored to help you thrive.

Your day-to-day…

Full end to end pay cycle processing, including:

• Adding starters, leavers, contractual and personal detail changes
• Processing of statutory payments
• Changes to pensions including opt in/out and employee requests
• Processing of salary sacrifice arrangements ensuring NLW compliance
• Processing of pay relating to hours worked, allowances, bonus’ and other amounts as requested by the business
• Processing of deductions as required and in line with any applicable regulatory requirements
• Monitor cycles for breaches in NLW
• Review pay cycle information to identify and resolve any inconsistencies, errors or inefficiencies
• Identify and report any over or underpayments to the Payroll Manager providing sufficient evidence
• Ensure that all payrolls have the appropriate level of authorisation at local level
• Process supplementary payments ensuring that back up documentation is present where required
• Where manual payments are raised outside the pay cycle, these are then processed correctly in the subsequent run

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…

• Salary up to £30,000 per year
• Strong career progression opportunities
• Expert supervision & support
• Employee referral scheme
• Pension scheme
• “Cycle to work” scheme & employee discount saving

You have…

• Excellent organisational and planning skills
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including report writing skills
• Competent with Microsoft office
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Confidentiality and adaptability
• Excellent communication skills
• Information gathering and monitoring skills
• Problem analysis and problem solving skills

Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Cygnethave been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years. In this role you’ll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users & their families.

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