Senior Payroll Administrator

JGA Recruitment; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

JGA Recruitment seeks a Senior Payroll Administrator to join a busy payroll team in the UK. You will support end-to-end delivery of multiple UK payrolls, primarily handling four monthly payrolls with cover across three weekly payrolls.

Office-based initially with 1 day WFH after probation. Responsibilities include processing payroll for ~500 employees, managing starters/leavers, pensions, RTI, and payroll journals, while collaborating closely with HR.

Qualifications

• Strong end-to-end UK payroll experience.
• Experience managing multiple payrolls or multi-site payrolls is highly desirable.
• Good knowledge of UK payroll legislation and statutory payments.
• Strong pensions and auto-enrolment knowledge.
• Confident with payroll reconciliations and controls.

Responsibilities

• Process end-to-end payroll for approximately 500 employees across multiple companies.
• Manage starters, leavers and contractual changes.
• Process overtime, timesheets, allowances, deductions and statutory payments.
• Administer pensions, auto-enrolment and salary sacrifice schemes.
• Complete payroll validation, reconciliations and National Minimum Wage checks.
• Manage RTI submissions, P45s and payroll records.
• Prepare payroll journals and general ledger reconciliations.
• Handle employee payroll queries and work closely with HR.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Multi payrolls

UK payroll legislation

Pensions & auto-enrolment

Payroll reconciliations

Excel

Payroll systems

Tools

Payroll systems

Excel

Job description

Senior Payroll Administrator

Salary: £30,000 £32,000
Location: Burscough, Ormskirk
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
Working Pattern: Office-based initially, with 1 day WFH after probation
Payroll: Approx. 500 employees across multiple payrolls

The Role

An opportunity for an experienced Senior Payroll Administrator to join an established payroll team, supporting the end-to-end delivery of multiple UK payrolls.

You ll primarily support four monthly payrolls, while also providing cover across three weekly payrolls, working within a small and experienced payroll team.

Key Responsibilities

• Process end-to-end payroll for approximately 500 employees across multiple companies.
• Manage starters, leavers and contractual changes.
• Process overtime, timesheets, allowances, deductions and statutory payments.
• Administer pensions, auto-enrolment and salary sacrifice schemes.
• Complete payroll validation, reconciliations and National Minimum Wage checks.
• Manage RTI submissions, P45s and payroll records.
• Prepare payroll journals and general ledger reconciliations.
• Handle employee payroll queries and work closely with HR.
• Provide cover for weekly payroll processing when required.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong end-to-end UK payroll experience.
• Experience managing multiple payrolls or multi-site payrolls highly desirable.
• Good knowledge of UK payroll legislation and statutory payments.
• Strong pensions and auto-enrolment knowledge.
• Confident with payroll reconciliations and controls.
• Good Excel and payroll systems skills.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Construction, engineering or another fast-paced operational background would be advantageous.