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Job Description - Payroll Assistant

Temporary Payroll Administrator / Assistant
Leicester | Office-Based
35 hours per week (9am-5pm or earlier start/finish available)
Up to £15 per hour
1 Month+ Temporary Assignment

We're working with a local business in need of an experienced Payroll Administrator or Assistant to support with weekly payroll processing for their shop floor team. This is a temporary role covering at least 1 month, with the potential to extend. You'll be based fully on-site and part of a small, hands-on finance function.

The Role:

  • Processing weekly payroll for approximately 44 shop floor employees

  • Using a time and attendance system to collate and check hours

  • Responding to payroll queries from employees and line managers

  • Carrying out payroll administration including journals and reports

  • Ensuring accurate and timely processing of payroll data

  • General support across payroll as needed

About You:

  • Experienced in payroll processing and payroll administration

  • Confident using Sage Payroll (essential)

  • Detail-oriented and comfortable working to tight deadlines

  • Available to start quickly and commit to an office-based role

If you're looking for a short-term payroll opportunity and can hit the ground running, we'd love to hear from you.

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Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process.

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Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.

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