Payroll Clerk

MHA; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated payroll professional to join their team in Preston. This role offers the opportunity to manage a diverse client portfolio, ensuring a high-quality payroll and Auto Enrolment service. With a focus on building strong client relationships, you will navigate payroll complexities while maintaining compliance with legislation. The position offers hybrid working arrangements, promoting a genuine work-life balance. Join a firm that values your growth with a supportive management structure and a commitment to your professional development. If you're ready to make a difference in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Genuine work-life balance

Accredited Investor in People

33 days holiday plus additional days

Employee referral scheme

Paid CSR time

Car lease scheme

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Payroll and Auto-Enrolment legislation is essential.
• Excellent communication and IT skills are required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients for payroll and Auto Enrolment services.
• Ensure timely and compliant payroll service delivery.

Skills

Payroll legislation knowledge

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving skills

IT skills (Word, Outlook, Excel)

Ability to work independently

Experience in payroll environment

Knowledge of Paycircle or Xero

Tools

Paycircle

Xero

Job description

Lancaster or Preston – Hybrid working offered after settling in period; 3 days office (Monday, Tuesday and Friday), 2 days home (Wednesday and Thursday). WFH is an option on Friday afternoons also, from 2pm.

Salary: Negotiable (depending on experience)

Who we are:

Here at MHA, we take the time to create great relationships with our clients to become not just their trusted advisers, but valued partners that face the future together.

As a Top 14 firm of chartered accountants, tax and business advisers, we work in partnership with clients ranging from entrepreneurs and individuals to multi-national corporations. We work together to navigate an ever-changing business world and proactively identify the opportunities that tomorrow presents.

Leveraging our national network of offices, we offer a comprehensive range of financial and business strategy services to clients across the UK, enabling them to achieve profitable growth and build sustainable long-term success.

As a member of Baker Tilly International, we have a global reach that allows us to offer our insight and expertise wherever our clients need us to be. We believe this makes us a national and international partner of choice for entrepreneurs and multi-national enterprises across the world.

Our agile and responsive approach means we are always on hand to have the right conversations with clients at the right time, allowing us to identify their goals and business needs both now and in the future.

Purpose of the Role:

To provide an accurate and high-quality payroll and Auto Enrolment service to clients on a timely basis.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Good technical and practical knowledge of Payroll and Auto-Enrolment legislation.
• Good communication skills to enable effective communication with both clients and HMRC.
• Experience of working within a busy payroll environment or bureau.
• Ability to work on own initiative, whilst maintaining departmental procedures.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Methodical and calm, with a focus on solution and problem-solving.
• To maintain the highest standards of personal organisation and time management.
• Have a “can do” attitude and be willing to learn.
• A knowledge of Paycircle or Xero software would be ideal, but not essential.
• Good IT skills (Word, Outlook and, especially, Excel).

Main Responsibilities:

• To manage a portfolio of clients, providing payroll and Auto Enrolment pension services from beginning to end.
• Ensuring delivery of a timely and efficient payroll service within the agreed timescales and that compliance deadlines are met.
• To ensure that payroll information is collected in the most efficient manner, timetabling work wherever possible to suit the needs of the client.
• Liaising with clients, HMRC and pension providers on payroll/Auto Enrolment related queries.
• Ability to process payrolls in accordance with departmental procedures and legislation.
• Manage the submission of client payroll data to BACS.
• Understand and deliver compliant Auto Enrolment pension provision to clients and pension providers.
• To support and mentor junior members of the payroll team.

What we can offer you:

• Genuine work-life balance.
• Accredited Investor in People.
• New and improved programme for Succession planning and supportive management structure to help you realise your potential.
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays, plus the opportunity to buy up to 5 days.
• Employee referral scheme, paying up to £4000 for a successful referral.
• Paid CSR time.
• Car lease scheme.
• And more!

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing
• Industries: Accounting