Payroll and Accounts Administrator

1 week ago

Reading, United Kingdom Megabuyte Full time

**Overview of role**

Megabuyte’s intelligence on UK tech companies holds a distinctive leadership position within the sector, guiding the decision-making of CxOs, investors, and advisers through our subscription research service, packaged consulting service and our events programme.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced Payroll and Accounts Administrator to manage our payroll, oversee day-to-day financial operations, and ensure the smooth running of the office. Until now, these responsibilities have been part of a broader role, but the pace of growth in the business has created the need for a dedicated position.
- Please note that this role is office based 3 x set days per week. This role is not suitable for flexible or remote working._

**Key responsibilities**
- Recording and paying of supplier invoices
- Manage credit control
- Reconciliation of bank accounts
- Monthly Payroll for c25 staff
- Manage and be the main liaison for our auto enrolment pension scheme and employee benefit schemes
- HMRC returns - P32/P11Ds/EMI shares
- Manage and file quarterly VAT returns
- General office management including keeping staff holiday and sickness records, being the main contact for the office, looking after office and kitchen
- General administration duties as required

**Requirements**:

- Extensive knowledge of Xero or an equivalent accountancy package is essential
- Experienced payroll adminstrator
- Well organised and able to multi-task
- Accurate in daily tasks
- A good Communicator
- Work under their own initiative and self-motivated
- Have an excellent telephone manner
- Be confident in using Word and Excel

We are a meritocratic organisation focused on talent development, offering rewarding roles and promoting individuals internally based on skills, aptitude, and performance achievements.

**Employee benefits**

You will be automatically enrolled into the following schemes:

- Pension: 4% employer and 5% employee contribution basic salary via salary exchange after 3 months of employment
- Group Life Assurance Benefit Cover: 4 x basic annual salary
- Group Income Protection Benefit: 50% basic annual salary
- Group Critical Illness cover: 1 x basic annual salary cover
- Reward Gateway employee discounts and wellness platform

Additional benefits that you will be enrolled into once you have passed your probation include:

- Simply Health Cashback scheme, which allows you to claim back healthcare costs
- Private Healthcare insurance

Note: This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and is not exhaustive. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and assigned as deemed necessary.

**About Megabuyte**

At Megabuyte, we support UK scale-up and mid-market software and ICT services companies to develop robust growth strategies, understand their competitive landscape and customer sentiment, benchmark their financial performance and valuation, and identify and track M&A targets. We do this in three main ways - with proprietary insights and data contained in our subscription research service, through a series of packaged consulting services, and with access to our network of some 500 tech sector CEOs through events and our expert network.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £15.00 per hour

Expected hours: 12 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Reading: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Are you aware that this position is a an office based role? We will require you to work between 10am and 2pm on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday each week in the office in central Reading

**Experience**:

- payroll and Accounts: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person

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