Payroll Senior Administrator

Butler Rose Ltd; Northwich; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A friendly and progressive firm in Northwich is seeking a Payroll Senior Administrator to join their payroll team. This role offers a step up for experienced Payroll Administrators, including full payroll processing training. The ideal candidate should have end-to-end payroll processing experience, strong knowledge of payroll legislation, and excellent communication skills. The position comes with a generous salary of up to £33,000, 36 days holiday, and additional benefits including pension contributions, life assurance, and paid volunteer time.

Benefits

Generous salary up to £33,000

36 days holiday including Bank Holidays

5% employer Pension contribution

Employee assistance programme

Life Assurance cover

Referral scheme

Paid volunteer time

Qualifications

• End-to-end payroll processing experience in in-house or bureau role.
• In-depth understanding of payroll legislation and auto-enrolment.
• Ability to manually calculate payroll.

Responsibilities

• Process small and high volume payrolls via Sage or Brightpay.
• Deal with HMRC and pension providers.
• Provide payroll processing service and support to colleagues.

Skills

Payroll processing

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Time management

Tools

Sage 50

Bright Pay

Microsoft Office

Job description

Opportunity

A great opportunity exists to join a friendly and progressive firm in Northwich to join their payroll team as Payroll Senior Administrator. This role offers an experienced Payroll Administrator a step up to Payroll Senior together with a great working environment, generous salary and benefits. If you possess end to end payroll processing experience in an inhouse or bureau role and are ready for more responsibility and a career challenge within a dynamic team environment, this one is for you!

Role

Working as part of a busy, friendly, collaborative team processing with both small and high volume full end to end payroll processing weekly and monthly via Sage, you will deal with payroll queries in a timely manner providing a great payroll processing service, working together as a team, offering mentoring and support to colleagues. You will receive full payroll system training and support working closely within your team.

Duties

• Process both small and high volume weekly/monthly payrolls, auto‑enrolment pensions dealing with payrolls from start to finish via Sage 50 or Brightpay (training provided) ensuring accuracy and working to deadlines
• Dealing with HMRC, and various pension providers
• BACS submissions PAYE, CIS, Holiday pay, SMP/SSP, P45/P46's starters leavers
• P11Ds processing
• Keeping up to date with the latest payroll legislation

Experience

• Payroll experience within a bureau environment is preferred (not essential) as inhouse payroll processing will also be considered
• In depth understanding of payroll legislation, processing and auto enrolment/pensions
• Ability to manually calculate a payroll
• In depth understanding of Sage 50 cloud payroll software or Bright Pay preferred. MS office experience
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work within a team environment and on own initiative
• Good organisational and time management skills
• A positive, proactive approach
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft products

Salary & Benefits

• Generous Salary to £33,000 (dep on experience)
• 36 days holiday - inc Bank Holidays/Christmas period
• 5% employer Pension contribution
• Option to buy/sell a maximum of 5 days holiday
• Employee assistance programme (inc Life support, Legal information, Bereavement support, Medical Information, CBT & Managerial Support)
• Life Assurance cover
• Option of salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/shared parental pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Referral scheme
• Paid volunteer time and an annual charitable donation on your behalf
• Long service enhancements to employer pension contribution and holiday entitlement
• Onsite parking

If you are ready to join a friendly, stable and dynamic company that offers a great environment and career development then this is the opportunity you have been waiting for! Apply today by clicking the link.

Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.