Payroll & Benefits Assistant

UK Payroll & Benefits Assistant

• Permanent
• Up to £40,000
• Location: Central London
• Hybrid working: 3 days per week in the office

Oakleaf Partnership is delighted to be partnered with a highly regarded professional services firm in the city of London in search of an experienced Payroll and Benefits Assistant. The role will sit within a lean and close-knit team, holding key responsibilities in the end to end running of the monthly in-house UK payroll and benefits.

The Payroll & Benefits Assistant responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the end to end running of the monthly payroll for 600 UK employees in Workday. Including posting payroll journals.
• Process and administer day to day payroll including starters, leavers, SSP, SMP, SPP, using manual calculations when required.
• Support on month end and year end processes & reporting.
• Carry out reconciliations between payroll & HMRC information.
• Support the administration of benefits including, benefit platform (Darwin) management, and annual renewals.
• Reconcile monthly and annual benefits information.
• Support the monthly UK pension management and auto-enrolment.

Essential experience:

• Strong UK in-house payroll experience (processing payroll monthly including month and year end reporting)
• Administration and management of employee benefits. Experience working with benefit brokers.
• Experience and understanding of UK pension auto-enrolment.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong excel skills.

Desirable experience:

• Experience in the professional services sector (particularly partnership models)
• Experience using Workday
• Experience using Darwin benefits platform