Payroll Trainee

Our Accounting and Outsourcing team work to support our clients to better run their finance functions, understand their financial position and performance, and to ensure they are compliant with changing accounting and tax legislation. With the relentless pace of technology change our teams advise clients in areas such as process and digitalisation, business performance and financial reporting, while building enduring relationships that positions Mazars as a trusted adviser. Our successful team of more than 250 professionals is growing across all areas including cloud accounting, payroll, financial reporting and company secretarial.

**Job Purpose**

As the Payroll Trainee in our Education Services team you will be primarily responsible for assisting with the processing of payrolls within the team, to provide a first-class payroll bureau service to clients. You will receive full training and support, and we will structure a career path for you to follow which will be set around objectives agreed during regular appraisals.

In addition to significant on the job training and internal programmes through the Mazars Payroll Academy, as a Trainee you will also progress your career with funded training through the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals.

**Role & Responsibilities**
- To support clients by running your own portfolio of payrolls once fully trained
- To provide support to the wider Mazars Payroll Team in the processing of their client portfolios
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and external contacts at all levels.
- To be trained in basic payroll calculations to gain an understanding on how payroll works and calculations are completed.

**Behaviours and competencies**

Clients and New Business
- To be keen to learn, and see this Trainee role through the Mazars Payroll Accelerator as the first step of an exciting career in payroll
- To possess good communication skills (both written and oral) with the ability to liaise with staff at all levels
- To always act in a professional manner when dealing with clients and colleagues demonstrating respect and confidentiality

Business Performance
- Demonstrates attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
- A responsible, hardworking and confident individual, who committed to learning and developing in order to achieve a fulfilling career in payroll

People and Leadership
- Demonstrate an appreciation of the importance of teamwork and responds willingly to all team members reasonable requests;
- A self-starter and quick learner, who can organise and prioritise your own tasks

Firm and Society
- Ensures payroll process and procedures are adhered to
- To obtain a basic level of understanding around other services being provided to clients (and not just payroll)

**Skills, Knowledge and Experience**
- Good IT skills, Microsoft suite and basic level of Excel (essential)
- Minimum 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) grades A-C required
- Good numeracy skills
- Previous payroll experience not necessary as full training and support will be provided

**Inclusion and Diversity**

At Mazars inclusion and diversity are central to our values. We recognise that being an inclusive and diverse organisation makes us stronger as a business.

**Benefits**:
Annual Leave +

Charitable Giving

Dental Insurance

Wellbeing Benefits

Virtual GP

Cycle to Work

Gym Discounts

Life Assurance

Pension

Flexible Benefits +

**Meet the recruiter**:
Naiobe Brown