Payroll Assistant (4-Day Week) – 6-Month Contract

Totum Partners; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Totum Partners is partnering with a leading law firm to recruit a Payroll Assistant on a 6-month fixed-term contract based in Birmingham, four days per week. The role will support monthly payroll delivery, including changes, benefits and pension updates, statutory payments and payroll reporting. Experience using ADP/NGUX is essential.

The ideal candidate will have prior payroll administration experience, ideally in professional services, with strong accuracy, discretion and deadline-driven focus.

Qualifications

• Previous payroll administration experience, preferably within professional services.
• Proven experience using ADP/NGUX payroll software.
• Understanding of manual Tax and NI calculations.
• Up-to-date knowledge of HMRC statutory regulations.
• High levels of discretion and integrity.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to work to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Processing starters and leavers on ADP/NGUX.
• Resolving employee payroll queries, including tax issues and system login problems.
• Managing monthly payroll changes and ad hoc reports.
• Managing overtime forms and reconciling against payroll outputs.
• Calculating and processing sickness payments.
• Administering statutory parental leave payments.
• Processing pension and benefits variations.
• Raising and processing ad hoc employee payments.
• Checking and issuing HMRC/PAYE payments.
• Delivering end-of-month reporting.
• Supporting the payroll team with ad hoc tasks.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Discretion and integrity

Deadline-oriented

Tools

ADP/NGUX

Job description

Totum Partners is partnering with a leading law firm to recruit a Payroll Assistant on a 6-month fixed-term contract based in Birmingham, four days per week. The role will support monthly payroll delivery, including changes, benefits and pension updates, statutory payments and payroll reporting. Experience using ADP/NGUX is essential.

The ideal candidate will have prior payroll administration experience, ideally in professional services, with strong accuracy, discretion and deadline-driven focus.