Senior Payroll

The role

The Payroll Senior will be allocated their own portfolio of clients, processing multiple payrolls and the role will involve:

• Process all payrolls from start to finish
• Starters, Leavers and Permanent data changes
• Process variable data from clients
• Manage multiple deadlines for variable data and managing clients throughout their pay cycle
• Report processing and sending to clients
• Produce BACS payment schedules and organise payment of BACS
• Liaise with client and dealing with salary queries
• Completing monthly pension returns
• Dealing with queries from the client and HM Revenue & Customs
• Processing and calculating statutory payments such as SMP, SSP etc.
• Manually calculating pro-rata payments such as holiday pay, hourly/daily rates of pay etc.
• Keeping abreast of new legislation, supporting the team implement new procedures
• Ad hoc tasks as required

You will have the chance to grow, as well as receive managerial support, and you can expect your responsibilities to increase throughout your time with them. You will work in a friendly and progressive environment.

Education and experience

Applicants must have good GCSE results with a minimum C or above in English and Maths. CIPP qualification (or studying towards the qualification) is essential.

Candidates are expected to have excellent IT skills and be confident in their ability to pick up new systems, ideally Star payroll knowledge.

The office

The team in Peterborough advises a wide range of commercial businesses, private individuals and not-for-profit organisations across the East of England, East Midlands and London. They have strong links with the professional and financial community in Peterborough and the surrounding area.

Our client base is diverse and features large international groups, as well as UK head quartered owner-managed, middle market and smaller businesses, across a number of sectors, including private and landed estate clients. They work with their clients to create integrated, cross service line solutions for both their businesses and personal financial affairs. In other cases, they apply their expertise to their specific concerns, often working alongside other professionals in the process.

The successful candidate shall join a busy payroll department of ten (manager, two assistant managers, two payroll senior, four semi-seniors and an administrator). The team work cohesively and support each other in order to achieve client demands.

Role reports to

Payroll Manager

Please apply for the role online and if you have any questions please contact Tara at Brook Street on 01733 310855.