Apprentice Payroll Administrator

2 weeks ago


Nantwich Cheshire, United Kingdom CE Back Office Full time

Do you like problem solving? Do you like working with data on excel? Do you thrive in a busy and changeable environment? If you can answer yes to all three questions, we’d love you to apply for the role of Apprentice Payroll Administrator at CE Back Office.

As a result of business growth, we’re expanding our team and looking to develop a dedicated payroll professional for the future. As our Apprentice Payroll Administrator, you will be supporting our Payroll Account Managers in processing payroll for multiple SMEs within the UK and Europe.

Who are CE Back Office?

CE Back Office provide outsourced payroll services and we specialise in dealing with companies that pay their workers by the hour. Our payroll team must be able to react quickly to our client’s changeable needs. Our mission is to make payroll simple.

The team has been built on our core values:

  • Our door is always open.
  • Doing the right thing when no one is looking.
  • That’ll do won’t do mentality.

We’re a close nit team - our continued success is attributed to how well the team work together.


Why consider a career in Payroll?


Payroll is a varied and dependable responsibility and as your training and experience develop your role with include many aspects including:

  • Payroll and Pension Administration.
  • Manual payroll calculations.
  • Management of payroll database.
  • Data manipulation.
  • Report generating.
  • Communicating with third parties.
  • Interpretation of employment and tax legislation.

Although a payroll apprenticeship can be a great foundation to many careers, we’re seeking to recruit an individual who wants to develop a career within payroll and hopefully at CE Back Office.


What does the role of Apprentice Payroll Administrator involve?


The position is a varied role working closely with Payroll Account Managers to ensure payroll reports are generated accurately and on time for our clients.


Responsibilities will include:

  • Administering new starters details for clients including manual data entry and importing CSV files onto our payroll software
  • Pension administration including administering pension opt outs / ins and uploading pension contribution files to a number of different pension providers.
  • Uploading remittance to Child Maintenance Service.
  • Answering incoming calls from clients and their employees.
  • Responding to emails.
  • Dealing with inbound and outbound post.
  • Scheduling weekly SMS net pay text messages.
  • Issuing E Payslip login details and resetting passwords as required.
  • Assisting with payroll checking.
  • Generating reports for clients.

What skills do you need?

Payroll requires a variety of skill sets include:

  • Maths; you will be required to do manual payroll calculations. Although training will be provided you need to be capable of multiplication and percentage calculations. A grade 5 or higher in Maths GCSE is required (or equivalent).
  • Communication skills; both written and verbal.
  • Excel - you will be required to use formula and pivot tables. Previous experience is an advantage, but full training will be provided.
  • Attention to detail; you will need to demonstrate the ability to follow procedures accurately and to sense check your work. You will need to be able to analyse data, judge and interpret to make decisions quickly.
  • Problem solving; ability to resolve problems related to both data and IT systems.
  • Team player; in supporting your co-workers you need to be supportive to each other in working towards a common goal.

Hours of work - Monday to Friday 9am - 5:00pm with 30-minute unpaid break. 28 days holiday including bank holidays.


Next Steps:


If you are interested in applying for the position, please email emma.shone@cebackoffice.co.uk a copy of your CV and a covering letter detailing why are interested in the position and beginning a career in payroll.


Job Type: Apprenticeship.

Salary: £6.40 to £11.44 per hour.

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