Senior Payroll Administrator (Permanent Position)

Full time - 38.5 hours per week

Job Role

An opportunity has arisen for an Experienced Payroll Administrator. We are looking for a motivated, pro-active and forward-thinking individual.

Torr Waterfield, a leading independent Leicester accountancy practice are currently recruiting for a Senior Payroll Administrator with Sage software knowledge and previous experience in a practice accounting environment.

What you will be doing?

The role will primarily be:

Receiving payroll information from clients and processing the payroll on Sage, Xero and potentially other payroll software. This could be on a weekly, monthly, fortnightly or annual basis.

Checking figures calculated by the software to ensure that the correct PAYE/NI and pensions have been deducted.

Complying with RTI requirements including making the submissions to HMRC.

Complying with automatic enrolment requirements including reviewing the payroll to ensure cyclical re-enrolment legislation is being met and making regular pension the submissions to pension providers.

Submitting declarations and re-declarations of compliance to The Pensions Regulator.

Sending payroll information to clients including wages journals and other customised reports.

Making payments of PAYE and Pension contributions where authorised by the clients or advising clients of the liabilities to be paid.

Registering PAYE and Pension Schemes.

Dealing with client query e-mails and telephone calls. This includes being able to deal with difficult clients with tact and diplomacy.

This role will involve developing relationships with clients and could include working onsite at client’s premises from time to time.

What does the ideal candidate look like?

Having a high technical knowledge of payroll including payslip calculations, PAYE & NI thresholds, auto-enrolment & pensions. It is also preferred that the applicant has previous experience of both Sage & Xero payroll software.

Preferably have a minimum of three years practice experience

Ability to provide cover and/or assisting the payroll manager during leave or during busy periods. This will include delegating tasks to the team where appropriate, ensuring all deadlines have been met by the team, assisting with team queries and/or more complex client queries.

Excellent verbal & written communication skills

Working knowledge of Microsoft windows, word & excel.

Knowledge of Iris would be desirable but not essential.

High level of attention to detail.

Skilled at dealing with people and have the ability to support and develop work colleagues.

Organised and deadline driven.

What you'll get from us

A competitive salary.

The opportunity to work with a broad range of exciting and diverse clients.

A hybrid approach to office and remote working, with up to 2 out of 5 days remote working available (workload and staff level permitting)

32 days holiday (20 days plus 8 bank holidays & 4 days over Christmas period).  Leave increases with years in service and an option to buy extra annual leave.

Contributory pension scheme & life assurance.

A modern working environment, complete with coffee on tap.

A highly skilled, driven and super friendly team to work alongside and develop your talents.

Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development.

Quarterly Team Building events.

Charity Challenges.

Annual Christmas and Tax celebrations.

What next?

Please email a CV and a short, snappy cover letter or email that explains why you're the perfect person for this role.

Please email recruitment@torrwaterfield.co.uk and be sure to write 'Payroll role' in the subject line.