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Payroll Assistant Manager - Hertfordshire

Job description

  • Working alongside the Payroll Manager to help manage the team.
  • Reviewing and processing fortnightly, monthly & quarterly client payrolls for various sized clients in a diverse range of industries.
  • Act as a technical lead and escalation point within the team for any unusual queries or issues. Awareness to know when a question should be referred to the partner or a specialist.
  • Ability to fully provide cover for payroll manager as necessary and act self sufficiently in managing the team and client delivery.
  • Support the Payroll Manager in ensuring policies and procedures are kept up to date and are being followed consistently across the team.
  • Be proactive in improving procedures and making the team as efficient as possible, always looking to raise the quality of the service delivered to clients.
  • Acting as a technical champion within the team, reviewing our current use of software and technology, and helping build a roadmap for future enhancements and improvements.
  • Ensure clients are compliant with auto enrolment pension requirements and able to answer pension related questions from both the team and clients.
  • Support Payroll Manager in quoting for new work and meeting new clients, taking the lead in setting up all aspects of a new payroll.

Qualifications/experience required

  • 3-5 years' experience within a similar role
  • Experience and working knowledge of using payroll software, IRIS experience desirable
  • Working knowledge of Word and Excel
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook
  • Understanding of how to manually calculate tax and NI and the impact of different tax codes
  • Understanding of statutory payments and how these are processed through payroll
  • Understanding of salary sacrifice payments
  • Experience of Auto Enrolment and employer's obligations
  • Experience setting up new PAYE schemes with HMRC

Key skills required

  • 3-5 years' experience within a similar role
  • Experience and working knowledge of using payroll software, IRIS experience desirable
  • Working knowledge of Word and Excel
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook
  • Understanding of how to manually calculate tax and NI and the impact of different tax codes
  • Understanding of statutory payments and how these are processed through payroll
  • Understanding of salary sacrifice payments
  • Experience of Auto Enrolment and employer's obligations
  • Experience setting up new PAYE schemes with HMRC
  • Attention to detail
  • Organised with the ability to meet strict deadlines
  • Logical and systematic approach
  • Highly Numerate
  • Strong communication skills
  • Computer Literate
  • Work on own initiative and a major team player

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