Payroll Assistant

Huntress; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntress is seeking a Payroll Assistant in Leeds on a hybrid basis (LS1, 2 days from home). The role supports the weekly payroll cycle, ensuring workers are paid accurately and on time, with responsibilities ranging from processing timesheets to onboarding new starters and handling tax, pension, and HMRC compliance.

A training-friendly role offering steady deadlines and team collaboration. The successful candidate will have strong numerical abilities, attention to detail, and good communication

Qualifications

• Good attention to detail.
• Confidence with numbers and checking information.
• Strong organisation skills, especially with weekly deadlines.
• Friendly communication style when speaking with workers and clients.
• Ability to follow processes and handle multiple tasks at once.
• Payroll experience is helpful but not essential, as full training is provided.

Responsibilities

• Support weekly payroll processing and ensure accuracy.
• Check weekly timesheets and fix errors before payroll.
• Add holiday pay, deductions, and corrections as needed.
• Onboard new starters and verify payment details.
• Handle tax codes, pension submissions, and FPS.
• Prepare BACS payments and send payment instructions.
• Issue payslips and weekly invoices to finance.
• Manage payroll inbox and maintain records.

Skills

Attention to detail

Numerical confidence

Organisational skills

Communication

Multitasking

Payroll experience

Job description

Payroll Assistant

Location: LS1 - hybrid - 2 days work from home

Salary £27,000

About The Role

As a Payroll Assistant, you'll play an important part in making sure our workers are paid accurately and on time every week. You'll work closely with candidates, clients and payroll companies to check timesheets, process starter details, handle queries, manage tax and pension updates, and support the smooth running of our weekly payroll cycle.

If you're organised, confident with numbers, and enjoy a role where every day brings something different, this could be a great fit for you.

What You'll Be Doing

Supporting weekly payroll

• Processing weekly timesheets and checking they're correct
• Spotting duplicates or errors and fixing them before payroll runs
• Syncing payroll systems and keeping data up to date
• Applying adjustments such as holiday pay, deductions or corrections

Helping new starters get set up

• Calling new starters to collect the details needed for payment
• Sending starter information to payroll companies
• Checking bank details and making sure workers are set up correctly

Tax, pension and compliance

• Updating tax codes when changes come through
• Checking pension opt-outs and helping with monthly pension submissions
• Sending weekly FPS submissions
• Keeping records accurate and compliant with HMRC rules

Payments and BACS

• Preparing BACS payments for workers and payroll companies
• Sending hours and payment instructions to payroll companies
• Handling occasional exceptions where payments need to be adjusted manually

Invoices and payslips

• Preparing weekly invoices and sending them to the finance team
• Making sure payslips are delivered on time each week

General admin and communication

• Managing the payroll inbox and responding to queries
• Keeping data up to date, such as attachment of earnings
• Supporting the team with other weekly payroll tasks

What You'll Bring

• Good attention to detail
• Confidence working with numbers and checking information
• Strong organisation skills, especially with weekly deadlines
• A friendly communication style when speaking with workers and clients
• The ability to follow processes and handle multiple tasks at once
• Payroll experience is helpful but not essential, as full training is provided

Why This Role Matters

You'll be part of a team that keeps everything running smoothly behind the scenes. Workers rely on accurate, timely payments, and clients rely on us to get things right. Your work builds trust, keeps operations moving, and supports hundreds of people every week.

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.

PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.