Payroll Administrator

The Company
Able Bridge Recruitment are delighted to be working with a prestigious accounting firm in the heart of the Scottish central belt in the recruitment of a payroll professional. 

Benefits include
Income protection
Life assurance (x4 of your annual salary)
Outstanding pension scheme 4% employee – up to 10% employed
Holiday entitlement with the option to buy or sell
Free parking
Discretionary bonus scheme
Private healthcare options

This vacancy, the result of growth will report into the payroll manager and will be office based for at least 3 days per week.  The team is collaborative and supportive with the hiring manager being focused on developing the team around her.

The Responsibilities
The purpose of this role is to manage a portfolio of clients and process their payroll requirements within agreed timeframes.  You will be customer facing and working on a wide range of client portfolios to ensure UK statutory compliance is maintained as well as ensuring first in class customer service is delivered.

On a day-to-day basis you can expect to be responsible for the following;
Ensure accurate and timely payroll end-to-end production for various clients in accordance with statutory regulations within payroll deadlines and requirements
Service multiple clients as part of a team effort to deliver excellent service to our clients
Manage payroll deadlines and requirements of your own personal portfolio of payroll clients
Ensure you have up to date knowledge of statutory and legislative regulations by attending in-house training courses
Manage import/export of new employee and timesheet data onto the payroll platform, including:

• Starters
• Leavers
• Absences and work plans
• Variations and adjustments
• Salary changes
• Changes to benefits and allowances and different contract types
• Child Care Voucher schemes
• Pension deductions

Process statutory payments
Generate payroll reports, P45s etc., using our in-house systems and Microsoft Excel
Distribute payslips to multiple platforms
Submit reports to HMRC via RTI
Manage client billing
Ensure procedures and key control documents are kept up to date for auditing purposes
Any other ad hoc duties as required

The Requirements
We are looking for a payroll professional who has a minimum of 2 years of experience working within an accountancy practice/providing bureaux payroll services.  We are looking for candidates who are locally based or who are able to travel to our client who is based near Denny on a daily basis.  We are also looking for candidates who have exceptional attention to detail and who are strong communicators in both written and verbal form. 

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.  

If you are interested in hearing more detail about this role or would like to have a confidential chat about a potential career move, please do not hesitate in contacting me.