Payroll Administrator- Watford

Hillier Hopkins LLP; Watford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Watford is looking for an experienced Payroll Administrator to manage payroll operations effectively. The role will involve processing payrolls, ensuring compliance with regulations, and maintaining excellent customer relations. Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 2 years experience and strong knowledge of payroll systems.

Benefits

Annual Christmas Bonus equivalent to 1 week’s salary

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Death in Service scheme cover

Group Income Protection Scheme

25 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years payroll experience.
• Experience in accountancy practice preferred.
• Good knowledge of payroll systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of client payroll from start to finish.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and professional regulations.
• Process ad hoc payroll queries.

Skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Communication skills

Payroll systems knowledge

Tools

Star payroll system

Job description

To assist our Watford team in helping to grow the firm, the duties you will carry out are:

• Accepting responsibility for all weekly, monthly and quarterly payrolls, ensuring effective and efficient workflow. To include managing all aspects of client payrolls from start to finish: processing of starters and leavers, maintaining personal data, calculating statutory absence payments, processing termination payments and payments after leaving.
• Arranging BACs payroll payments, including salary payments, monthly tax liabilities and third-party payments where necessary.
• Ensuring all payroll reports are generated and filed electronically.
• Processing payrolls in a manner that ensures client payrolls are compliant with statutory and professional regulations.
• Ensuring all day-to-day payroll tasks are completed in line with departmental payroll processing timetable.
• Dealing with ad hoc queries and tasks.

Ideally you will have the following skills:

• Minimum of 2 years payroll experience.
• Previous experience of working in an accountancy practice, or to have worked in a payroll department dealing with a high-volume payroll.
• Good working knowledge of payroll systems (Star would be preferable).
• Customer service orientated.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to establish and maintain good working relationships.
• Full time role – Monday to Friday.
• Remuneration will be dependent on experience and qualifications.
• Right to Work in the UK required.

The package will include:

• Annual Christmas Bonus equivalent to 1 week’s salary.
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme all staff are auto enrolled. (Employer: 5%; Employee:3%) subject to eligibility.
• Private Medical Insurance following completion of 3 months service (this is a taxable benefit).
• Death in Service scheme cover (4x salary).
• Group Income Protection Scheme (non-contributory) following completion of 3 months service.
• Annual Leave will be 25 days per annum (pro rata). 3 days are normally taken at Christmas/New Year.

Dates not available for interview (i.e. exams)

Do you require a work permit? Yes No

If yes, what is the expiry date?

Are you able to provide proof of your legal entitlement to work in the UK? Yes No

Do you hold a current UK driving licence? Yes No

Do you have access to a car? Yes No

Have you been convicted of a criminal offence which is not legally spent? Yes No

(If yes, before you can be offered a position you will be required to submit written details which will be treated in the strictest confidence.)

(Declaration subject to Rehabilitation Of Offenders Act 1974)? There is no need to disclose any offences committed before the age of 17 (unless committed within the last 10 years) which are spent for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1994; or any road traffic offences that did not lead to disqualification or a prison sentence.