Payroll and Credit Control Assistant

Tops Day Nurseries; England; Remote; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading early education provider in England is looking for a Payroll and Credit Control Assistant. This role involves managing payroll systems, ensuring compliance, and supporting financial processes. Ideal candidates should have experience in payroll processing and skills in Microsoft Office. Competitive salary, flexible working options, and various employee benefits are offered.

Benefits

Annual Bonus Scheme

Childcare Discount

Flexible Working Options

Holiday Allowance

Health and Wellbeing Support

Career Development

Qualifications

• Good history in processing company payroll.
• Willing to undertake further CPD and training.
• Good knowledge of information technology.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain payroll processing systems for timely transactions.
• Ensure compliance with payroll laws and practices.
• Resolve pay-related queries.

Skills

Payroll processing

Microsoft Office Suite

Numeracy skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Tools

Sage payroll

Excel

Job description

Payroll and Credit Control Assistant

Location: Working from home with occasional working from office

Job type: Full time, permanent

Salary: Up to £28,000 per year

Contracted hours: 40h per week

The role

• Implements, maintains, and reviews payroll processing systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
• Ensures accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices.
• Resolves pay related queries.
• Ensures accurate and timely processing of pension submissions, payments and reconciliations.
• Ensures accurate and timely processing, payment and reconciliation of employee expenses.
• Assists with Credit Control processes including, generation and distribution of debtors reporting
• Advises and prioritise setting Administrators with debtors processes and queries
• Processes bad debt write off’s and pass bad debt accounts to Legal
• Administrates the Legal Department debt system and process legal forms for small claims
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Ensure keeping up to date with any changes to policies and procedures by reading any policies uploaded to IHASCO.
• Any other Ad hoc duties relevant to the department.
• Any other task as reasonably requested by your line manager.

Essential qualities and Experience

• Good history in processing company payroll.
• Computer literacy to including use of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Sage payroll and Excel.
• Willing to undertake further CPD and training.
• Good knowledge of information technology especially Microsoft office (Word, Excel,
• PowerPoint and in house data bases).
• Communication, numeracy, and organisational skills.
• Advantageous but not essential
• Driving Licence
• ECDL or equivalent

Why You’ll Love Working with Us

At Tops Day Nurseries, we believe in rewarding our team for their hard work and dedication. Here are some of the fantastic benefits you’ll enjoy as part of our family:

Annual Bonus Scheme: As an Employee-Owned Company, you’ll share in our success. Each May, you’ll have the opportunity to receive a bonus from our profit shares.

Childcare Discount: Enjoy up to 60% off childcare within Tops Day Nurseries, making it easier for you to balance work and family life.

Flexible Working Options: Maximise Your Time Off with Compressed Hours. By working compressed hours, you can enjoy even more time off either work a four-day week every week and gain up to 48 extra days off per year. or, alternatively, work nine days over two weeks, and you’ll receive up to 24 additional days off annually. That’s on top of your standard holiday allowance!

Holiday Allowance: Take advantage of 29 days of holiday to relax and recharge.

Exclusive Deals and Discounts: Access our reward and recognition platform, Each Person, for up to 40% off cinema tickets, Diesel Savings Card, and cashback on your favourite supermarkets and high street retailers.

Health and Wellbeing Support: We’ve got you covered with NHS Prescription Charges, Optical Care, and Dental Treatment.

Career Development: We’re committed to your growth and offer fantastic opportunities for career advancement.

Why Tops Day Nurseries?

We are a leading early education and childcare provider in South England, established in 1990. We promote environmental sustainability and social responsibility by educating today’s children to influence future generations. We value respect, open communication, and teamwork, fostering a positive, purpose-driven work environment.

As an Employee-Owned Company, our colleagues are co-owners, benefiting from the company’s growth through annual profit-sharing bonuses. We're also proud to rank 9th in the 2024 Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK, offering career development from Level 2 Childcare Apprenticeships to Nursery Manager or Early Years Teacher.

Exciting? We think so! Your journey starts here, so take the first step to become part of Tops Team by clicking apply!