Payroll Administrator (Plymouth)

Plymouth Permanent View Job Description
As an Associate at Azets, you will have the ability and motivation needed to:Understand and ensure the accurate and timely delivery of client payrolls to agreed deadlinesWork within your own chargeable time budget
  • Are you interested in working for a rapidly evolving company?
  • Want a career where no two days are the same?

About Our Client

Azets are a leading firm of Accountants and Business Advisers operating across the UK, Ireland and the Nordics, they have a wide network of employees and an abundance of inspiring opportunities to join one of their many offices!

They are a top ten accountancy firm in the UK and are the number one largest SME practice.

Job Description

As an Associate at Azets, you will have the ability and motivation needed to:

  • Understand and ensure the accurate and timely delivery of client payrolls to agreed deadlines.
  • Work within your own chargeable time budget.

Day to day duties:

  • Input data for any of the payrolls when necessary, running Audit and validation checks for payroll as well as interfacing of data to General Ledger and Pensions systems.
  • Monitor SSP, SMP and other statutory payments and calculations.
  • Process accurate and timely year-end reporting when necessary.
  • Manage any payroll changes to the time and attendance systems (BMS).
  • Administer the end-to-end payroll process and auto enrolment compliance for a portfolio of clients.
  • You will be on hand to answering any payroll related enquiries from clients and being a trusted advisor.
  • Acting as first line support for pay queries.
  • Peer checking of payrolls.
  • Undertake general administrative duties and work collaboratively within the payroll hub.
  • Develop relationships with clients, ensuring effective communication with the wider offices, HMRC and other third-party providers.
  • Effectively communicating with team and wider payroll teams.
  • Requirement to keep up to date with payroll legislation and industry changes though independent research.

The Successful Applicant

  • Previous payroll administration experience, minimum of one year service within a busy service driven environment (preferably within a bureau environment).
  • End to end Payroll processing experience including pensions, benefits and statutory payments.
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail across both manual and systems based work.
  • A natural ability to coordinate, prioritise and multitask with little supervision.
  • Strong customer focused approach, ability to handle customer queries by telephone and email.
  • Be able to adapt to a highly changeable environment.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure whilst meeting tight deadlines.
  • Knowledge and understanding of payroll legislation, processing, and auto enrolment regulations.
  • Must have the ability to manually calculate a payroll.
  • Willing to study for a CIPP Foundation degree qualification.

What's on Offer

Our benefits include hybrid & flexible working, birthday leave, professional subscription and much more.

You can find out more about how we reward our colleagues: https://youtu.be/uOZ8_PkRyCE

Contact
Sandra Jarque
Quote job ref
JN-062024-6443425
Phone number
+441932264011

Job summary

Job function
Accounting
Subsector
Group Accounts
Sector
Business Services
Location
Plymouth
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Sandra Jarque
Consultant phone
+441932264011
Job reference
JN-062024-6443425