Job Description
We are currently looking for a Payroll Associate to work at our client s Glasgow office. This position offers a fantastic opportunity to join an extremely reputable business, where you will learn, progress and work within an excellent team.
This is a fully remote role with the occasional attendance to the office expected.
Duties:
- Maintain a portfolio of client payrolls processing around 1000 headcount.
- An understanding of current PAYE and NIC legislation that affects payroll.
- Ensure all starters, leavers, benefits and allowances information is entered on to the Payroll database and update the relevant spreadsheet to record all entries made
- Calculate leavers pay when leaving mid-month
- Calculation of statutory payments
- Process P45 forms
- Print and sort payslips for distribution
- Run payroll reports
- Ensure monthly salary payment for client payrolls are transferred to the correct accounts in a timely manner
- Upload FPS and EPS reports to HMRC as required
- Good understanding of the payroll software and its functionality
- Respond to client queries regarding payroll in a professional and timely manner
- Deal with HMRC correspondence enquiries
- Maintain an up to date client status schedule
- Deal with general administrative duties, as requested
- Assist the Supervisors with BACS uploading.
- Review / Quality Check Associates payrolls to ensure accuracy.
- Resolve any issues with clients / deal with complaints / escalations
- Periodically review payrolls to ensure effective processing
Skills:
- Minimum 1 year s payroll experience
- Experience in processing high volume payslips
- An understanding of basic concepts e.g. Tax codes, current PAYE and NIC legislation that affects payroll.
- A strong work ethic and willingness to assist other members of the team when required.
- Able to multi-task and to prioritise payroll workload
- Good interpersonal, communication and organisational skills
- Have a knowledge of changes to legislation which effect payroll
- Confident and competent in dealing with clients
- Have a working knowledge of MS Office
- Good time keeping/punctuality
Excellent Benefits include:
Holiday – 25 days leave – our holiday year runs from 1st July so this would be pro-rated in year one. You can also buy up to 10 days annual leave at the point of annual renewal
Private Medical
Group pension
Income Protection 50% of salary
Life Assurance 4 x salary
We also offer a flexible benefits programme, this lets you select additional benefits while saving on tax and national insurance contributions. This ranges from childcare vouchers, dental to retail discounts
Flexible benefits could include:
Bike to work
Salary sacrifice for car arrangement
Travel insurance
Gym discounts
They also offer:
CIPP Payroll cert is sponsored by the company it is a 26 week online course
Development and progression are a huge motivator for joining these teams
