Payroll Assistant

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; Doncaster; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Payroll Assistant to join their finance team in Doncaster. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop professionally while ensuring accurate payroll processing and compliance with legislation. The ideal candidate will have experience in payroll and be confident in using Microsoft Excel. With a hybrid working model, flexible hours, and study support, this position is perfect for those looking to grow in a supportive environment. Join a market-leading business that values your contributions and offers a pathway to professional development.

Benefits

Flexible start/finish times

Study support

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Free on-site parking

Qualifications

• Experience as a Payroll Assistant or similar role.
• Confidence with Microsoft Office products, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate payroll processing for all employees.
• Act as the primary contact for complex payroll queries.
• Administer the company's pension schemes and benefits.

Skills

Payroll qualifications

Experience as a Payroll Assistant

Microsoft Office, particularly Excel

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Ability to work to strict deadlines

Education

CIPP qualification (desirable)

Job description

Sewell Wallis are currently working with an international logistics business who are recruiting a Payroll Assistant to join their finance function based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. This is a great opportunity to add value and develop professionally within a market leading business.

They are looking for a committed and competent individual with experience as a Payroll Assistant/Coordinator or within a similar role. The position would ideally suit someone who is currently studying for their CIPP qualification or would be interested in doing so. However, this is not essential.

What will you be doing?

• Ensuring the accurate input and checking of Payroll processing for all DB Cargo UK 4-weekly and monthly Payrolls, including variable payments and self-service activities in line with company policy and payroll legislation.
• Acting as the primary contact for complex queries and/or issues raised seeing it through to resolution.
• Administration of the company Flexible Benefits and Recognition Programme including Cycle to Work, Childcare Vouchers, Annual Leave Purchase Scheme and Fuel & Go.
• Coordination of the company Benefits in Kind including payrolling benefits and P11d reporting for the company fleet, staff travel and private medical insurance ensuring compliance with payroll legislation.
• Administration of the Defined Benefit & Defined Contribution Company Pension Schemes and AVCs, including Automatic Enrolment; annual reassessment activities, pension governance, interfaces to pension providers and calculation of pension contributions in line with the scheme rules.
• Ensuring payroll compliance by adherence to all statutory guidelines such as PAYE, National Minimum Wage, Salary Sacrifice and providing advisory support to employees in such matters.
• Monitoring and calculating of company and statutory pay and leave entitlements in line with company policy and compliance with statutory guidelines.
• Processing new starters and leavers in line with the company policies and payroll legislation.
• Administration and reconciliation of the time and attendance system outputs for overtime and Free Day Working payments. Coordinate drivers' annual excess hours payments and Christmas enhancements in line with Traincrew terms and conditions.
• Coordination and delivery of the annual Average Holiday Pay ensuring key stake holders such as the Finance Team and Employee Relations are communicated with throughout.
• Verification of payroll control reports supporting the pre-approval process. Performing the final commit of the payroll Bacs file for pay day.

What skills are we looking for?

• Payroll qualifications are highly desirable.
• Experience within as a Payroll Assistant or similar within a payroll department.
• Confidence with Microsoft Office products, particularly in Excel
• Experience of working to strict deadlines and prioritising workloads.
• Proven ability to maintain attention to detail and accurately enter data.
• Experience of communicating with a broad range of internal and external customers, at all levels.

What's on offer?

• Hybrid working
• Flexible start/finish times
• Study support
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Free on-site parking

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Or for more information please contact Eleanor Kirk.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.