Payroll Co-ordinator – Temporary

Our client, a payroll and HR business provider, are seeking a temporary Payroll Coordinator to assist them during a busy period. Our client works with SME organisation to deliver both HR and payroll services across the UK. You will be working in a small team and reporting to the Payroll Manager.

• £13.50 – £15.00 per hour
• Working hours Monday to Friday 9.00am-5.30pm (30 mins lunch) – 40 hour working week
• This will be a hybrid role and will be 2/3 days in the office
• Temporary ongoing contract

Duties and responsibilities:

• End to end processing of clients’ payrolls, including direct responsibility for a portfolio of clients
• Liaising with key contacts for clients on all payroll related queries
• Undertaking payroll administration including processing month end RTIs, P11Ds and tax year end submissions for a range of client
• To regularly review the payroll processes, in line with legislation, and where necessary make recommendations for improvement to the payroll process
• To deal courteously and efficiently with members of staff, clients, potential clients, external visitors and to always maintain strict confidentiality
• To support any required system updates, parallel runs, migrations, reconciliation and implementation

Skills and experience required:

• CIPP qualified / studying – desirable
• Previous experience of end-to-end payroll for multiple clients’ payrolls (Practice or Bureau)
• Experience of payroll software – Sage Payroll being advantageous and Microsoft Excel (pivot tables and VLOOKUPs)
• A strong team ethic with good communication skills
• Good attention to detail and the ability to organise and prioritise tasks to demanding deadlines
• Must be well-organised and capable of working on various payrolls and internal / external clients
• Pro-active approach to identifying problems and formulating solutions