Payroll Assistant

We are looking for experienced and proactive Payroll Assistants to join our clients payroll team on a temporary basis, starting immediately. This is a busy, hands-on role for someone with a strong payroll background who can hit the ground running.

Key Responsibilities:

• Processing payroll input and administration tasks
• Supporting payroll data entry and validation activities
• Assisting with employee payroll amendments, starters, leavers and contractual changes
• Reviewing and investigating payroll exceptions and anomalies
• Supporting pension administration and payroll-related deductions
• Validating employee expenses and payroll adjustments
• Responding to routine payroll queries from employees and stakeholders
• Assisting with payroll reconciliations and maintaining accurate payroll records
• Supporting statutory and compliance-related payroll activities where required
• Working under the direction of the Payroll Manager and wider Payroll team

Skills & Experience Required:

• Strong, recent experience in a payroll role, with a solid understanding of end-to-end payroll processing
• Working knowledge of statutory payroll requirements, pensions and payroll deductions
• Experience of handling starters, leavers, amendments and payroll exceptions accurately
• Confident using Microsoft Excel and payroll systems
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage a busy and varied workload
• Strong communicator with a professional approach to handling confidential information
• Well-organised, self-motivated, and able to work independently as well as part of a team

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.

PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK

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