Payroll Senior

New exciting role to work in a supportive friendly Accounting Practice. 

The Senior Payroll Coordinator will report to the Payroll Senior Manager.

Profile: 

• Salary between £30-£35k
• Full time (37 hours per week) based in the Coventry office.  

The successful applicant will have the following skills and qualities:

• At least five years’ payroll experience (a payroll qualification is preferred).
• Extensive experience with high-volume payrolls and/or payroll bureau services (Bureau would be preferable).
• Advanced knowledge of UK PAYE legislation, statutory deductions, and compliance requirements.
• Comprehensive understanding of pensions and auto-enrolment processes.
• Comprehensive understanding of Payrolling benefits.
• Proven leadership and team management skills, with the ability to train, mentor, and develop junior team members.
• Strong organisational skills to allocate work effectively, meet deadlines, and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent attention to detail, ensuring payroll accuracy and compliance.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Confident and professional communication skills for interacting with clients, directors, and team members.
• Ability to work independently, demonstrating self-motivation, initiative, and reliability.
• Discretion in handling confidential information and a professional attitude in all interactions.

Benefits package:

• Annual salary – Discussed in interview
• 37 hours per week
• Flexi-time available
• Auto enrolment pension scheme
• Death in Service scheme (subject to entry criteria)
• 33 days annual leave including statutory days per holiday year – based on FTE
• The option to ‘purchase/ sell back’ 5 days’ annual leave – based on FTE & Level

The role will involve dealing with the following work:

• Involvement in processing all aspects of payroll from start to finish for a number of clients in accordance with the deadlines, including setting up new staff, inputting contractual changes.
• Assisting with ad-doc queries from clients, colleagues, and HMRC.
• Regular communication with clients (internal and external) in a professional and considered manner.
• Leading, with guidance from the Senior Payroll Manager, the management of team members to ensure timely and accurate processing.
• Training and mentoring junior team members to maintain high performance and service standards.
• Allocating work to the payroll team to ensure client deadlines and budgets are met.
• Monitoring, with guidance from the Senior Payroll Manager, team members chargeable hours and ensuring individual and collective targets are achieved.
• Preparing payroll allocations for self and junior team members and ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
• Ensuring client database is correct (Payroll Notes, Start PDM database, Logs etc..)
• Conducting checks and audits on payrolls to ensure compliance and correctness.
• Communicating professionally with clients, colleagues, and external bodies such as HMRC.
• Networking with clients, colleagues, other departments and professional contacts where required to assist with growing the department.

If the skills and experience match your recently career, please submit your CV here for review.