Payroll Advisor

Portfolio Group; St Albans; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Portfolio Group in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Payroll Advisor to join a growing, people-focused leading chartered accountancy practice. This role sits within a high-performing payroll team that supports a wide range of clients with complex, high-volume, and multi-frequency payrolls.

This role will focus on processing the hospitality clients payrolls. The role involves managing weekly to annual payrolls, RTI submissions, auto-enrolment, and holiday pay guidance across multiple

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ payroll processing experience.
• Experience handling multiple complex payrolls.
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation and auto-enrolment.
• Excellent accuracy, communication and organisational skills.
• Confident in Excel and client portfolio management.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple payroll frequencies (weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly, annual).
• Ensure compliance with National Minimum Wage rules.
• Oversee payroll for zero-hours, casual, seasonal, and agency workers.
• Process payroll data from rota and time-attendance systems.
• Manage RTI submissions, statutory payments, and auto-enrolment.
• Support multi-site and multi-brand payrolls with differing rules and structures.
• Advise clients on holiday pay, Working Time Regulations, and statutory entitlements.

Skills

UK payroll legislation

Auto-enrolment

Payroll processing

Excel

Client management

Tools

Time & attendance systems

Job description

We are currently assisting with the recruitment for an experienced Payroll Advisor to join a growing, people‑focused leading chartered accountancy. This role sits within a high‑performing payroll team that supports a wide range of clients with complex, high‑volume, and multi‑frequency payrolls. This role will focus on processing the hospitality clients payrolls.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Managing multiple payroll frequencies: weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly, and annual
• Ensuring compliance with National Minimum Wage rules,
• Overseeing payroll for zero‑hours, casual, seasonal, and agency workers
• Processing payroll data from rota and time‑and‑attendance systems
• Managing RTI submissions, statutory payments, and workplace pension auto‑enrolment
• Supporting multi‑site and multi‑brand payrolls with differing rules and structures
• Advising clients on holiday pay, Working Time Regulations, and statutory entitlements

Essential experience:

• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation and auto‑enrolment
• 2+ years’ payroll processing experience (ideally bureau/client‑facing)
• Experience managing multiple complex payrolls
• Excellent accuracy, communication, and organisational skills
• Confident in excel
• Ability to manage a client portfolio effectively

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