Payroll Assistant

Payroll Elite Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Payroll Elite Ltd in the City is recruiting a Part-Time Payroll Assistant to deliver accurate monthly payroll processing. You will join a small team handling starters, leavers, changes, overtime, benefits, pension updates and month-end reporting using ADP/NGUX.

You will act as the first point of contact for payroll queries, resolving issues professionally and with discretion, while ensuring compliance with HMRC and statutory requirements.

Qualifications

• Proven payroll experience, especially using ADP/NGUX.
• Strong numerical ability and accuracy with figures.
• Good organisation and time management in a small team.
• High discretion handling confidential data and payroll details.
• Familiarity with HMRC rules and statutory payments is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Process starters and leavers and handle monthly payroll changes.
• Administer overtime, benefits, pension updates and statutory payments.
• Produce month-end reports and reconcile payroll outputs.
• Respond to employee payroll queries with professionalism and discretion.
• Support month-end reporting to the Benefits team and maintain records.

Skills

Attention to detail

Numerical accuracy

Organisational skills

Discretion

Time management

Team collaboration

Tools

ADP/NGUX

Microsoft Excel

Job description

A City-led international firm with 1,000 staff, with offices across the UK, the Middle East and Asia, are looking to recruit an experienced Part-Time Payroll Assistant to work 4 days a week (28 hours).

The Role

As a Payroll Assistant, you will play an important role in ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of the firm's monthly payroll.

Working as part of a small, collaborative team, you will be responsible for a range of payroll administration duties, including processing starters and leavers, payroll changes, overtime, benefits, pension updates, statutory payments and month-end reporting using the ADP/NGUX payroll system.

You will also act as a point of contact for employee payroll queries, resolving issues professionally, efficiently and with discretion.

Key Responsibilities as a Payroll Assistant

• Process employee starters and leavers accurately using the ADP/NGUX payroll system.
• Respond to and resolve employee payroll queries, including tax-related issues and system login problems.
• Process monthly payroll changes and produce ad hoc reports as required.
• Manage monthly overtime forms and reconcile the information against payroll system outputs.
• Calculate and process monthly sickness payments in accordance with the firm's policies.
• Prepare statutory parental leave payment schedules and verify calculations using the HMRC calculator.
• Administer monthly employee benefits and pension variations within the payroll system.
• Raise and process casual and ad hoc employee payments.
• Check and process monthly HMRC/PAYE payments following payroll sign-off.
• Prepare and deliver month-end reporting to the Benefits team.
• Undertake additional payroll and administrative duties as required, reflecting the varied responsibilities of a small team.

Payroll Assistant's Skills, Experience and Requirements

• Proven experience using the ADP payroll platform is essential.
• Previous experience in a payroll administration role, ideally within the professional services sector.
• Understanding of manual tax and National Insurance (NI) calculations.
• Good Microsoft Excel skills.
• Up-to-date knowledge of HMRC statutory regulations and payroll requirements.
• Excellent attention to detail and a high level of numerical accuracy.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines.
• High levels of discretion and integrity when handling confidential and sensitive employee information.
• A proactive, flexible and collaborative approach to working within a small team.

Qualifications

• A CIPP (Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals) qualification is desirable but not essential.