Payroll and Benefits Officer

Confidential; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 2,480,000 - 3,031,000; Full time

Job summary

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd is seeking an experienced Payroll Officer for an interim role in Milton Keynes. The position is hybrid, offering three days in the office and two days working from home.

The contract runs initially until the end of the year, with potential extension, and the PAYE rate is approximately £20 per hour. You will support a monthly outsourced payroll for around 1,000 employees, handling queries, data checks, and liaising with external providers.

Qualifications

• Strong payroll experience, ideally within an outsourced payroll environment.
• Experience managing monthly payroll processes and liaising with external providers.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confident handling payroll queries and resolving issues.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide interim payroll officer cover for the monthly outsourced payroll.
• Support a payroll operation processing around 1,000 employees.
• Liaise with external payroll providers to resolve queries and issues.
• Assist with payroll-related data audits and accuracy checks.
• Support potential HR systems implementation work in the future.

Skills

Payroll experience

Outsourced payroll

Monthly payroll processes

Liaising with providers

Attention to detail

Payroll queries handling

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Job description

Payroll Officer - Interim

Location: Milton Keynes - Hybrid (3 days office / 2 days home)

Contract: Initially until end of year, with potential to extend

PAYE rate: Approx £20 per hour

We're looking for an experienced Payroll Officer to provide
interim cover, supporting a monthly outsourced payroll of
approximately 1,000 employees.

Key requirements:

Strong payroll experience, ideally within an outsourced payroll
environment
Experience managing monthly payroll processes and liaising with
external providers
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
Confident handling payroll queries and resolving issues
Strong communication and organisational skills

There is potential for the assignment to extend beyond the
initial contract, with upcoming HR systems implementation work.

JGA are dedicated to delivering the best possible candidate
experience. Due to the high volume of applications, we regret
that we are not always able to respond to every individual
applicant. Thank you for your understanding.

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of
opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability,
, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and
maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil
partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants
from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

We are also committed to protecting and respecting your
privacy. We are a specialist Payroll and HR recruitment agency
and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies
and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These
statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on
which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide
to us, will be processed by us.