Senior Payroll Administrator

Portfolio Payroll Limited; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Portfolio Payroll Limited in Exeter is seeking a Senior Payroll Administrator for a 40-hour week on a Temp to Perm basis. The role supports a high-volume weekly payroll for around 1,000 staff, with 75% subcontractor payrolls and 25% PAYE.

Experience with Merit Payroll is helpful; the team will transition to Microsoft Business Central next year. Strong Excel and multitasking abilities are essential to hit payroll deadlines.

Qualifications

• PAYE experience is essential.
• Strong Excel skills required to manage timesheets and data entry.
• Experience with high-volume payroll processing and client billing is important.

Responsibilities

• Supervise day-to-day workload and ensure deadlines are met.
• Handle payroll queries and provide timely resolutions.
• Assist in client billing and report to Finance and Payroll Manager.

Skills

PAYE experience

Excel

Payroll processing

Tools

Merit Payroll

Microsoft Business Central

Job description

Senior Payroll Administrator Temp to Perm 16 - 18 ph Exeter

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Payroll Administrator for a Temp to Perm opportunity, and the appropriate candidate must be available and ready to start ASAP. Please find more detail on the role below.

• They currently operate their Payrolls through Merit Payroll (only beneficial not essential) however they are moving a large proportion to Microsoft Business Central in the new year.
• aprox 1000 candidate payrolls on a weekly cycle. 75% of these are subcontractor payrolls, processed to Umbrella Co's or Ltd Co's and 25% PAYE
• Timesheets received in many formats, manual / excel / email etc - strong excel skills required
• Merit is a 'pay and bill' software, so successful candidate would also be responsible for client billing
• PAYE experience is essential
• Role will not have direct line reports but will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of workload, ensuring deadlines are met and queries are responded to.
• Reports in to Finance and Payroll Manager and Team has 4 additional Payroll Assistants
• It is a very fast paced environment due to volume of timesheets and banking deadlines etc and would suggest the individual would need to be confident in their abilities.
• 8:45 - 5:15 with 30mins lunch (40 hours week). These hours can be flexible to accommodate school run's etc - we have staff starting earlier or finishing later

Our client is looking for someone to come in and hit the ground running.

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INDPAYS

The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.