Senior Payroll Advisor

Able Bridge Recruitment are working with a prominent accountancy practice in the recruitment of a senior payroll advisor for their Edinburgh office.

Benefits include

• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Private medical insurance
• Life insurance x4
• Income protection
• Pension which is up to 10% contributory
• Flexi working & hybrid working

This vacancy, the result of forecasted growth will report into the head of department and will be office based for at least 3 days per week.

This role is a result of growth and will be based in the Edinburgh office on a hybrid basis. You will report into the payroll manager and will be working within a team of collaborative and collegiate colleagues.

The Responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to provide payroll services to a portfolio of clients ensuring that all of your clients are paid on time and correctly. You will also be accountable for the correct processing of pension contributions for your client group as well as being responsible for the correct level of tax/employee NI contributions that are due.

• Providing a payroll service to clients on a weekly, fortnightly, and monthly basis
• Uploading payslips and other information to SAGE online documents
• Processing employee information and preparing payslips
• Creating, evaluating, and submitting reports to clients.
• Reporting to HMRC on various issues
• Uploading pensions to the relevant pension provider each pay period
• Providing advice and guidance on the more complex aspects of payroll, pay and benefits to clients
• Advising clients of and PAYE liability due to HMRC
• Applying, deducting, and advising clients of any Earnings Arrestment’s deducted
• Reporting to HMRC each pay period by the required deadline dates
• Reporting and recoverable statutory payments and Apprenticeship Levy to HMRCManual Calculations on all elements (Tax, NIC, Director NIC, Student Loan, Earnings Arrestment’s & Pensions)
• We are an approved BACS Bureau – we are responsible for making salary & PAYE payments on behalf of our clients each month, by the required dates
• CIS – Preparation and submission of monthly CIS Returns and CIS Suffered submissions to HMRC
• Building effective and long-term working relationships with each of your clients

The Requirements

We are looking for an experienced payroll professional who is familiar with working within a payroll bureau environment (within the UK). We are seeking applicants who are based within central Scotland and who have good communication skills in both written and verbal form. Minimum experience levels we seek are 3 years in a payroll (bureau) capacity and demonstrable attention to detail. Candidates will need to be based in or around the Edinburgh/East of Scotland region and be able to commute to Edinburgh daily if required.

Our client does not hold a license to offer study support so will only consider applicants who are able to work unrestricted within the UK and who are based in the immediate vicinity.

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