Payroll Assistant

Portfolio Payroll Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment organization is looking for a Payroll Assistant in Middlesbrough. The role requires experience in payroll administration and strong Excel skills. Responsibilities include processing monthly payroll, managing pension queries, and ensuring accuracy in payroll data. The position offers hybrid working with excellent benefits including 25 days holiday and a pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Additional leave between Christmas & New Year

LGPS pension

Excellent benefits platform

Flexitime

Personal recognition and development schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll administration is essential.
• Strong data manipulation skills using Excel.
• Ability to handle payroll-related queries effectively.

Responsibilities

• Process all monthly payroll information including starters and leavers.
• Monitor and check accuracy of monthly payroll.
• Reconcile monthly payroll with the accounting ledger.

Skills

Payroll administration

Data manipulation (Excel)

Excellent communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Up-to-date legislation knowledge

General systems knowledge

Job description

Portfolio Payroll are currently working with an organisation in the Middlesbrough Area who are currently recruiting for a Payroll Assistant. They are looking for someone who has strong experience as a Payroll Administrator or similar with a good understanding of legislation and process.

This is a busy payroll department with a high volume payroll across multiple business entities.

Key Objectives

• To process all monthly payroll information including starters, leavers, amendments
• Salary sacrifice schemes and payments and deductions
• Process,monitor and check the accuracy of the monthly payroll ensuring that any errors are rectified efficiently
• Post the monthly payroll to the accounting ledger and perform a reconciliation of the actual monthly payroll
• SMP, SSP, OMP
• End of Year Certificate process
• LGPS return
• Queries relating to pensions auto enrolment administration
• BACS

Essential Requirements

• Experience In Payroll administration
• Manipulation of data – excel
• Excellent communicator as you will be answering queries
• Organised and strong attention to detail
• Up to date legislation knowledge
• Deliver payroll, pensions and benefits
• Good general systems knowledge

Benefits

• 5 hours
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Additional leave between Christmas & New Year
• LGPS pension
• Excellent benefits platform
• Flexitime
• Personal recognition and development schemes
• 60% on site 40% at home – Hybrid