Payroll Supervisor

Our client, Payroll Elite Ltd, is seeking an experienced Payroll Supervisor to join their small, friendly payroll team. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of clients, processing their payrolls, and dealing with client queries.

This is a fixed-term contract role for a duration of 12 months, working Monday to Friday, 36 hours per week with some flexibility. Due to the company's growing business, there is potential for this role to become permanent in the future.

This is a hybrid working role, with 2 days at home and 3 days in the office. You must also be able to drive to the office.

• Liaising with clients and entering payroll data from start to finish
• Reconciling payroll to client data, getting client approval as appropriate and issuing payroll reports & payslips
• Reviewing team member's work
• Preparing payroll journals
• Reconciling weekly and monthly PAYEF figures
• Preparing BACS files
• Administering Pension Auto-enrolment including making appropriate declarations to The Pensions Regulator
• Producing and distributing pension scheme returns, including notification of changes in members' status and uploading to pension provider
• Dealing effectively with queries from clients, and HMRC and other parts of the business
• Assisting with onboarding new clients
• Sharing knowledge internally and externally

• Client Payroll / Payroll bureau experience is essential
• Able to calculate tax, NI, pensions, etc. manually
• Good working knowledge of statutory family leave, SSP, salary sacrifice, pensions
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills
• Evidence of being a proactive, hands-on team player who is confident in working to changing priorities in a busy department
• A natural organiser with a keen eye for detail and accuracy
• Flexibility (busy periods will require working longer hours to meet deadlines)
• MS office (intermediate Excel)