Payroll Assistant

Huntress; Stafford; Presencial; GBP 24 000 - 30 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Huntress is seeking an experienced Payroll Assistant to join a busy UK payroll team on a temporary basis, starting immediately. You will handle payroll input, data validation and amendments for starters and leavers, while ensuring accuracy and compliance.

Ideal candidates have strong Excel skills, experience with payroll systems and a keen eye for detail in a fast-paced environment. The role offers varied duties and a supportive team.

Qualificações

• Strong, recent experience in a payroll role with end-to-end payroll processing knowledge.
• Knowledge of statutory payroll requirements, pensions and deductions.
• Experience handling starters, leavers, amendments and payroll exceptions accurately.
• Confident with Microsoft Excel and payroll systems.
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage a busy workload.
• Strong communicator with professional handling of confidential information.
• Well-organised, self-motivated and capable of independent or team work.

Responsabilidades

• Processing payroll input and administration tasks.
• Supporting payroll data entry and validation activities.
• Assisting with amendments, starters, leavers and contractual changes.
• Reviewing payroll exceptions and anomalies.
• Supporting pension administration and payroll-related deductions.
• Validating expenses and payroll adjustments.
• Responding to routine payroll queries from employees and stakeholders.
• Assisting with reconciliations and payroll record maintenance.
• Supporting statutory and compliance-related payroll activities as required.
• Working under the Payroll Manager and wider Payroll team.

Conhecimentos

End-to-end payroll

Pensions and deductions

Starters processing

Leavers processing

Excel proficiency

Payroll systems

Attention to detail

Confidential handling

Team player

Ferramentas

Payroll software

Descrição da oferta de emprego

We are looking for experienced and proactive Payroll Assistants to join our clients payroll team on a temporary basis, starting immediately. This is a busy, hands-on role for someone with a strong payroll background who can hit the ground running.

Key Responsibilities:

• Processing payroll input and administration tasks
• Supporting payroll data entry and validation activities
• Assisting with employee payroll amendments, starters, leavers and contractual changes
• Reviewing and investigating payroll exceptions and anomalies
• Supporting pension administration and payroll-related deductions
• Validating employee expenses and payroll adjustments
• Responding to routine payroll queries from employees and stakeholders
• Assisting with payroll reconciliations and maintaining accurate payroll records
• Supporting statutory and compliance-related payroll activities where required
• Working under the direction of the Payroll Manager and wider Payroll team

Skills & Experience Required:

• Strong, recent experience in a payroll role, with a solid understanding of end-to-end payroll processing
• Working knowledge of statutory payroll requirements, pensions and payroll deductions
• Experience of handling starters, leavers, amendments and payroll exceptions accurately
• Confident using Microsoft Excel and payroll systems
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage a busy and varied workload
• Strong communicator with a professional approach to handling confidential information
• Well-organised, self-motivated, and able to work independently as well as part of a team

If you are a motivated payroll professional looking for a varied short-term role within a busy, friendly team, and are available to start straight away, we would love to hear from you.

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.