Payroll Assistant

Curo Resourcing Ltd.; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in the UK is seeking an experienced Payroll Assistant to support monthly payroll processing across several countries, including the UK and UAE. The ideal candidate must have solid payroll processing skills, be proficient in Excel, and demonstrate a high degree of accuracy. This fast-paced role requires excellent communication skills and experience working in a Shared Service Centre is a plus.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate strong payroll processing experience.
• Have a solid working knowledge and experience of Microsoft Excel.
• Able to work with high accuracy and tight timescales.
• Experience in a Shared Service Centre environment is a plus.
• Understanding of payroll legislation and processes.
• Ability to create and review procedures.
• Process improvement experience.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly payroll processing across various countries.
• Handle starters, leavers, statutory absences, tax uploads.
• Perform payroll reconciliations and data cleansing.
• Assist with customer service correspondence and ad-hoc tasks.

Skills

Payroll processing experience

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Job description

The Client

Curo are Partnering with a Global Organisation, consisting of Designers, Engineers and Consultants, dedicated to sustainable development. They support their clients to solve the most complex challenges, turning their ideas into reality, leveraging the latest technology.

The Candidate

You will have solid experience in payroll processing, including international payrolls, and a good understanding of statutory absence and tax upload procedures. You will be detail-oriented, Excel-proficient, and able to work accurately under pressure. Experience in a Shared Service Centre and strong communication skills are a plus.

The Role

An exciting role supporting monthly payroll processing across the UK, UAE, India, and Kenya. The role involves handling starters, leavers, statutory absences, tax uploads, and reconciliations. It’s ideal for someone with strong payroll experience, Excel skills, and a keen eye for detail, who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The Opportunity

• Starters, leavers
• One-off payments, season ticket and bicycle loans
• Checking payroll changes
• Tax uploads
• Sickness Absence
• Statutory Absence including Birthing parent and Shared Parental
• International Payroll Processing
• Reporting and reconciliations
• Payroll reconciliations / Data cleansing
• Third party payments
• Assisting with correspondence and customer service
• Ad-Hoc tasks as and when required

Requirements

• Demonstrate strong payroll processing experience
• Have a solid working knowledge and experience of Microsoft Excel
• Be able to work with an exceptionally high degree of accuracy and to tight timescales
• Have an awareness or experience of working in a Shared Service Centre environment
• Demonstrate an understanding of payroll legislation and processes
• Be able to create and review procedures
• Possess process improvement experience
• Demonstrate excellent written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills

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Curo Resourcing Ltd acts as an Employment Business for contract and temporary recruitment as well as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies.