Payroll Trainee

We are looking for a graduate or school leaver to join us as a Payroll Trainee, with full support in completing a professional qualification.

**The role**:

- Process all payrolls from start to finish
- Starters, Leavers and Permanent data changes
- Process variable data from clients
- Manage multiple deadlines for variable data and managingclients throughout their pay cycle
- Report processing and sending to clients
- Liaise with client and dealing with salary queries
- Completing monthly pension returns
- Dealing with queries from the client and HM Revenue & Customs
- Processing and calculating statutory payments such as SMP, SSP etc.
- Manually calculating pro-rata payments such asholiday pay, hourly/daily rates of pay etc. Keeping abreast of new legislation, supporting the team implement new procedures
- Ad hoc tasks as required

You will have the chance to grow, as well as receive managerial support, and you can expect your responsibilities to increase throughout your time with us. You will work in a friendly and progressive environment.

**The team**:
Our team in Peterborough advises a wide range of commercial businesses, private individuals and not-for-profit organisations throughout the UK. We have strong links with the professional and financial community in Peterborough and the surrounding area.

Our client base is diverse and features large international groups, as well as UK head quartered owner-managed, middle market and smaller businesses, across a number of sectors, including private and landed estate clients.

**You**:

- Minimum grade 6 (B) in English Languageand Maths GCSE
- Good IT skills, with the ability toquickly learn new softwarei.e. payroll software.

**Salary/Benefits**:

- A 35-hour working week with flexibility around the core hours of 10am-4pm, in line with the firm’s comprehensive agile working policy.
- Paid overtime or time off in lieu (pre-approved and only where required).
- Paid study leave.
- Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan that runs from October to September each year. The scheme enables staff to share in the profits of the firm.
- Salary reviews annually in October.
- 6 month probationary period.
- Life assurance cover of four times your salary.
- Contributory pension scheme (The firm will contribute 5% of salary on a matched basis with employee from their date of joining).
- Access to a number of additional benefits with preferential rates under the flexible benefit programme, which include; health cash plans, health screening/GP support, critical illness cover, dental and travel insurance, Techscheme, Cyclescheme, Gymflex and a Workplace ISA). More information will be provided on joining.
- As a firm, we are committed to embracing a diverse and multi-generational workforce. We have initiatives in place to ensure everyone is treated equally, irrespective of their background or any personal characteristics. We strive to ensure that every member of staff is able to work and develop to reach their full potential in an inclusive and respectful culture that celebrates each person’s unique abilities.