Payroll Specialist

DK Recruitment; Torquay; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

DK Recruitment in Torquay is seeking a Payroll Specialist to manage a busy portfolio of client payrolls, ensuring accurate and timely payments. The role requires hands-on payroll experience and the ability to handle multiple accounts and deadlines.

The role is office-based five days per week during probation, with hybrid working available after successful probation. Experience with Paycircle and Excel is advantageous, and hospitality payroll experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Hands-on payroll experience in a client-facing environment.
• Experience managing your own payroll portfolio.
• Strong attention to detail and methodical approach.
• Excellent organisation and ability to prioritise deadlines.
• Good Excel skills for data manipulation.
• Paycircle experience; Xero knowledge is beneficial.
• Experience with hospitality payrolls including hourly paid staff and tips.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 30-50 client payrolls per month.
• Process payroll from start to finish, including data imports, checking inputs and completing calculations.
• Calculate statutory payments and entitlements, including maternity, sickness and holiday pay.
• Liaise directly with clients to resolve queries and obtain payroll information.
• Identify and investigate discrepancies, ensuring accuracy throughout the payroll process.
• Manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Use Excel to manipulate spreadsheets, import data and support payroll processing.

Skills

Payroll experience

Client management

Excel

Paycircle

Xero

Hospitality payrolls

Tools

Paycircle

Xero

Excel

Job description

Are you an experienced payroll professional who enjoys managing client relationships and taking ownership of your own workload?

We are looking for a Payroll Specialist to join a busy team in Torquay, managing a varied portfolio of client payrolls and ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time.

This role would suit someone with hands-on payroll experience who is confident managing multiple accounts, resolving queries and working to tight deadlines.

Key responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 30-50 client payrolls per month.
• Process payroll from start to finish, including data imports, checking inputs and completing calculations.
• Calculate statutory payments and entitlements, including maternity, sickness and holiday pay.
• Liaise directly with clients to resolve queries and obtain payroll information.
• Identify and investigate discrepancies, ensuring accuracy throughout the payroll process.
• Manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Use Excel to manipulate spreadsheets, import data and support payroll processing.

About you

• Previous hands-on payroll experience, ideally within a payroll bureau or similar client-facing environment.
• Experience managing your own payroll portfolio and communicating directly with clients.
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to your work.
• Excellent organisation and the ability to prioritise multiple deadlines.
• Good Excel skills, including spreadsheet manipulation and data imports.
• Paycircle experience would be relevant, with Xero knowledge also beneficial.
• Experience with hospitality payrolls would be particularly useful, including hourly-paid employees and the handling of tips.

Working arrangements

The role is office-based five days per week during probation. Following successful completion of probation, hybrid working is available.

If you are confident managing client payrolls independently and enjoy building strong working relationships, we would like to hear from you