Payroll Administrator - 12 month FTC

PA Consulting; Melbourn; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & lifestyle perks

25 days annual leave + Xmas Eve half‑d

Generous company pension

Community and charity initiatives

Annual performance bonus

PA share ownership

Cycle to work / Give as you earn

Job summary

PA Consulting is seeking a Payroll Administrator to manage the monthly UK payroll using our in-house software, alongside two colleagues. The role demands accuracy, teamwork, and proactive problem-solving to ensure employees are paid on time.

The position supports a hybrid working pattern with two in-office days per week, typically Wednesday, and opportunities to engage with broader payroll policies and processes. Experience with Dayforce is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Prior payroll experience
• Excellent payroll legislation knowledge from previous roles
• Dayforce experience is highly advantageous
• Strategic and forward-thinking with a focus on finding solutions
• Team player and adaptable to support with other tasks

Responsibilities

• Manage monthly UK payroll using in-house software
• Collaborate with team to ensure timely and accurate payroll runs
• Answer queries and maintain variety in responsibilities
• Support with policy creation and month-end processes
• Reconcile month-end payments to HMRC and pension provider

Skills

Payroll experience

Payroll legislation

Dayforce experience

Team player

Problem solving

Tools

Dayforce

Job description

Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

Hybrid working

our approach is to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week (usually Wednesday). However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment.

Would you like to work for an organisation that really makes a difference?

Our payroll team is looking for an exceptional payroll administrator. You'll be responsible for the monthly UK payroll which is managed using our in house software alongside two other payroll administrators making sure that our employees are paid on time.

You will be part of a team and play a central role in our organisation so it is important to be a team player - collaboration is key!

Part of the role will be making sure queries are answered and there is plenty of variety, no two days are the same.

You’ll have the opportunity to get involved with

• Year-end returns - ensuring an efficient validation and reconciliation of post payroll output and the running of the costing files and month end reports for the Accounting Team.
• Creating, reviewing new policies and procedures
• Reconciliation of month end payments to external agencies, such as HMRC and our pension provider.

Qualifications

About You:

• Prior payroll experience
• You’ll have gained excellent payroll legislation knowledge from your previous roles
• Experience of the Dayforce system is highly advantageous
• You’ll be a strategic and forward-thinker - focussing on finding the solution
• Always looking at finding ways of making things more efficient
• Team player - adaptable and able to support with other tasks when required

Security and background check

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you're unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.

Additional Information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

Benefits

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

Equality and inclusion

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations

Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [e-mail]