Payroll & Finance Administrator — Multi-Entity

Sureserve Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

24 days annual leave

Sureserve Benefits Hub

Virtual GP service

Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Bike2Work scheme

Home & Electronics – salary sacrifice

Job summary

Sureserve Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Payroll Administrator to join a busy finance team. You will validate timesheets, process payroll across multiple entities, and post journals in line with month-end timetables, ensuring accuracy and compliance.

The role requires clear communication with employees, attention to detail, and flexibility to support ad hoc finance tasks. Travel to the office is essential due to multi-site operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll administration, ideally in a multi-entity environment.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, PAYE, NIC, auto-enrolment, and statutory payments.
• Experience posting payroll journals and performing control account reconciliations.
• Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written.
• High accuracy and ability to process large data volumes with precision.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Business Central is desirable.
• Essential: ability to travel to the office location.

Responsibilities

• Validate and process timesheets, holidays, absences, overtime, and other payroll variables prior to submission
• Prepare and post payroll journals across multiple entities in line with the month-end timetable (codes to nominal codes, cost centres, entities)
• Prepare the 12-month average pay calculations for reporting
• Act as point of contact for payroll-related queries from employees
• Assisting with the Purchase and Sales Ledger for subsidiaries when required
• Provide cover and support to the wider finance team as needed
• Participate in ad hoc projects and other tasks as reasonably requested by the finance department
• Adhere to company policies, procedures and work instructions; take on additional responsibilities as needed

Skills

Payroll administration

Multi-entity payroll

Payroll journals

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Microsoft Business Central

Tools

Microsoft Business Central

Job description

Sureserve Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Payroll Administrator to join a busy finance team. You will validate timesheets, process payroll across multiple entities, and post journals in line with month-end timetables, ensuring accuracy and compliance.

The role requires clear communication with employees, attention to detail, and flexibility to support ad hoc finance tasks. Travel to the office is essential due to multi-site operations.