Payroll Clerk

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Payroll Clerk to join a professional and friendly accountants and tax advisors firm. Based in Liverpool City Centre, the successful Payroll Clerk will join the company’s expanding team to earn circa £18,000, depending on experience.

The company prides itself on providing its clients with all the help and support they need and ask for. It achieves this through taking a proactive approach to dealing with clients and liaising with them on a personal level to create a tailored solution to their financial needs. As a Payroll Clerk your main duties and responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to: 

• Liaising with clients via phone, email and fax
• Taking payroll instructions from clients and calculating the payments
• Processing the wages and creating wage slips etc.
• Dealing with auto enrolment and RTI
• Offering a personalised payroll service to a wide range of clients; understanding their requirements and delivering a timely service
• Dealing with payroll for around 100 clients
• Processing weekly and monthly payroll
• High volume payroll inputting
• Maternity, paternity and carers leave
• Managing existing relationships with clients
• Answering client queries 

To be considered for the Payroll Clerk position you must ideally have a practice background to process between 75 and 100 payrolls being those operated on a monthly/weekly/4 weekly basis. In addition, you must possess the following key skills and experience:

• Knowledge of RTI procedures
• Understanding of Auto Enrolment would be beneficial
• General background regarding the payments and receipts of funds under the Construction Industry Scheme would be of benefit
• Personable and outgoing manner
• Computer literate including Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good understanding of accounting terminology

If you’re interested in this great opportunity to become a Payroll Clerk based in Liverpool, please apply by submitting your CV and cover letter detailing your relevant skills and experience for the role.

Additional information: Whilst this is intended to be a full-time roll it may be possible to accommodate a part time role on the basis that there is a minimum of 25 hours per week.