Payroll Asssistant

Our client, a long established firm of accountants based in Watford, seek a candidate with at lead two years experience in payroll (firm of accountants, payroll bureau) to join their team

Excellent salary, bonus and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

You will be responsible for the following:

• Accepting responsibility for all weekly, monthly and quarterly payrolls, ensuring effective and efficient workflow. To include managing all aspects of client payrolls from start to finish: processing of starters and leavers, maintaining personal data, calculating statutory absence payments, processing termination payments and payments after leaving.
• Arranging BACs payroll payments, including salary payments, monthly tax liabilities and third-party payments where necessary.
• Ensuring all payroll reports are generated and filed electronically.
• Processing payrolls in a manner that ensures client payrolls are compliant with statutory and professional regulations.
• Ensuring all day-to-day payroll tasks are completed in line with departmental payroll processing timetable.
• Dealing with ad hoc queries and tasks.

Ideally you will have the following skills:

• Minimum of two years payroll experience.
• Previous experience of working in an accountancy practice, or to have worked in a payroll department dealing with a high-volume payroll.
• Good working knowledge of payroll systems (Star would be preferable).
• Intermediate Excel skills.
• Customer service orientated.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to establish and maintain good working relationships.

BENEFITS AND EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

• Full time role - Monday to Friday.
• Remuneration will be dependent on experience and qualifications.
• Right to Work in the UK required.