Payroll and Treasury Placement

About Us

3173 is a privately owned UK firm of pensions experts with clients throughout the UK, serviced from offices in London, Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds.

The 3173 Group of companies includes Dalriada Trustees Limited (Dalriada) one of the UK's largest professional pension scheme trustee companies. Spence & Partners provides full pension actuarial, consulting, investment consulting and administration services that provide simply smarter solutions for trustees, employers and members. Mantle reimagines the traditional models of defined benefit pensions administration and actuarial valuation software.

The 3173 Culture

Our primary aim is to provide interesting, worthwhile and healthy careers for all our people; we believe that this emphasis sets us apart from our competitors.

We are defined by our ethos and by our goal:

Our ethos is an individual and collective commitment achieved through carefully balancing responsibility with freedom and flexibility, all of which is underpinned by a willingness to work interdependently. When we get this balance right, it is how we do our best work.

We look after our staff first and foremost, but for a commercial purpose, which is to deliver great service profitably. By focusing on our goal, we provide the best outcomes for pension scheme members, trustees, and employers.

Job Description

We are now recruiting for our 2026 intake of placements. We can offer you a placement experience in Treasury Payroll that is the first step in a high profile career, with many of our placement students wishing to return to continue working with us after graduation.

We are looking for candidates who are intelligent, ambitious and great at working with people. You should enjoy solving complex problems and be interested in the financial services industry and areas affecting it. You will be well organised and proactive, calm under pressure and can communicate well at all levels (written and verbal).

You will enjoy working in a challenging environment in which you can develop both personally and professionally in an award winning company). You will be a conscientious individual with exceptional attention to detail. You will be an individual who knows how to interact in a professional environment and deliver to the requirements of our high performing culture.

You will be working with a small team with qualified accountants who are willing to share their knowledge, train you according to our processes and provide a supportive environment to develop new skills. You will be provided with opportunities to develop new processes and make an impact within the finance function.

Key Responsibilities:

· Record and update payroll changes received from the Scheme Administrator

· Process monthly payrolls for a number of schemes, including submitting files for RTI by deadlines

· Investigate and resolve any discrepancies in payroll and respond to daily payroll queries

· Prepare and submit reports with payroll information to Scheme Administrator

· Complete Year End Payroll Returns in a timely and accurate manner

· Prepare and collate payments in a responsible, timely and accurate manner

· Assist the corporate finance team with day to day financial management and productivity analysis across the business

· Work with the accounts payable specialist on cost allocation and supplier management and assist the accounts receivable team on debt management and client billing

· Assist the Fund Accounts and Treasury team with day-to-day financial management for Occupational Pension Schemes, Process Invoices/Member payments/monthly payrolls for a number of schemes

· Prepare and submit reports with various information to Scheme Administrators/Client Managers/External companies

· Complete monthly bank reconciliations

· Applying policies and procedures in the timely handling, processing and deposit of cash receipts or disbursements

· Collate documents and prepare account opening forms for new Scheme bank accounts

· Assist with any ad-hoc tasks and projects within the team

Essential Criteria

· On track for 2:1 or above in a relevant degree.

· A Level Maths grade B or above

· GCSE Maths grade B or above

· Proven technical and academic ability illustrated through grades and achievements

· Evidence of proactive extra-curricular learning and engagement in chosen career path.

· Excellent knowledge of computerised systems e.g. Microsoft Office/Windows applications, in particular Excel.

Desirable Criteria

· Relevant Work Experience.

· An obvious interest in the industry in which we operate. For example evidence of attending events, seminars, self-study to promote knowledge in area of interest.

Behavioural Competencies for the Role

Inspiring Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Impacting & Influencing, Client Engagement, Collaborative Working, Problem Solving, Planned Approach, Professional Approach

Applying with a disability or long-term health condition?

As part of our belief that we benefit from the differences among us we are committed to increasing the representation of disabled colleagues and want to remove any barriers or challenges that get in the way of candidates with a disability or long-term health condition from applying to work with us. As part of this commitment we guarantee to automatically interview anyone with a disability who meets the minimum criteria.

If there is support or an adjustment that we can provide to enable you to be at your best during the recruitment and selection process, we encourage you to advise us in good time so that we may make suitable arrangements. We understand that being open with us may feel uncomfortable so please only share with us the information that you are comfortable to share, and rest assured that we will use this only to provide you with the right support. Any information you give us will be treated completely confidentially. To discuss this further please call and ask to speak to a member of the People & Culture team.