Payroll Administrator

Quality performance starts with a positive attitude.” Jeffrey Gitomer.

This role requires a minimum of two years’ payroll experience.

Your responsibilities as the Payroll Administrator will include:

• Process new starters, leavers, personal/job changes, sick pay, and ad-hoc payments or deductions
• Attend team meetings to maintain service quality
• Reconcile client payrolls accurately and ensure timely reporting
• Generate and reconcile payments (TT, BACS, cheque) as needed
• Validate exception and error reports for accuracy
• Understand client pension schemes and auto-enrolment regulations
• Ensure approvals are met before submitting BACS payments
• Maintain data storage per GDPR and audit requirements
• Process tax and National Insurance documents (P6, P9, P45, etc.)
• Apply statutory payments and ensure compliance with relevant laws
• Handle other administrative payroll tasks, including filing and scanning

The successful Payroll Administrator will require the following skills and experience:

• At least two years of payroll experience, ideally in a high-volume, multi-payroll environment
• Analytical, detail-oriented, and adept at problem-solving
• Professional and customer-focused, with the ability to perform well under pressure
• Flexible in adapting to changing workloads, payroll processes, and legislation
• Skilled in planning, prioritising, and managing payroll tasks to meet deadlines and boost productivity
• Prior working knowledge of Northgate PS Enterprise payroll software is desirable
• CIPP (or similar) payroll qualification is advantageous

If you’re passionate about this position or are keen to hear more, please click on “apply” as soon as possible.

You are required to be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days, please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.