Payroll and Finance Officer

Agility Resoucing; Preston; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in Preston seeks a detail-oriented Finance and Payroll Officer. This role involves managing payroll processes and reconciliations, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting, and supporting finance functions within a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates will have relevant payroll and finance experience, along with strong attention to detail and teamwork skills.

Benefits

22 days holiday + bank holidays

Parking

37 hours working week

Qualifications

• Experience within Payroll and pension administrations.
• Experience within Finance.
• Ability to work to deadlines and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Monitor payroll accuracy and process related activities.
• Ensure accounting ledger reflects statutory payments and perform reconciliations.
• Support the purchase ledger process and raise invoices.

Skills

Payroll administration

Pension administration

Finance

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Ability to meet deadlines

Education

Grade C or upward in Maths and English

Job description

Agility are delighted to be working with a well know organisation based in Preston who are looking for their next Finance and Payroll Officer. This is an exciting role for a detail orientated individual who is looking for a fast-paced role.

What you will be doing:

• Monitoring and checking the accuracy of the monthly payroll and any payroll related activity
• Processing monthly payroll information including starters, leavers, amendments, salary sacrifice schemes and payments and deductions.
• Posting the monthly payroll to the accounting ledger and perform a reconciliation of the actual monthly payroll to the accounting ledger.
• To ensure the accounting ledger accurately reflects the above statutory and pension related payments
• Running and submitting the Monthly Reconciliation Report, identifying and rectifying errors as necessary.
• Running and submitting monthly Local Government Pension Scheme return, identifying and rectifying errors as necessary.
• Updating employee budgeting systems for all employee changes
• Reconciling employee budgeting systems to monthly payroll, year to date payroll and the ledger
• Providing employee forecasting on a regular basis
• Supporting purchase ledger process, raising purchase orders, processing invoices and generating payment runs
• Other ad hoc duties

What you will have:

• Experience within Payroll and pension administrations
• Experience within Finance
• Grade C or upward in Maths and English
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to work in a team

In return you will receive:

• Base salary pro rata from £26,000 to £28,000 per annum DOE
• 22 days holiday + bank holidays
• 37 hours working week
• Parking

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