Payroll Administrator

Sewell Wallis are excited to be working with a renowned Accountancy practice based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, who are looking for an experienced Payroll Administrator to join their friendly and supportive team on a fixed-term contract for six months.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established business where you'll be responsible for delivering an accurate and efficient payroll service to a varied client base.

This is a bureau-style payroll position, so you'll be managing multiple payrolls from start to finish while building strong relationships with your clients and ensuring all payroll deadlines are met.

What will you be doing?

• Managing your own portfolio of payroll clients, processing payrolls from start to finish.
• Calculating and processing statutory payments, including SSP and SMP.
• Administering workplace pension schemes and ensuring compliance with auto-enrolment requirements.
• Responding to payroll queries and providing excellent customer service to clients.
• Ensuring payrolls are processed accurately and in line with current payroll legislation and HMRC guidance.
• Building strong relationships with clients and managing multiple deadlines across your portfolio.
• Supporting the wider payroll team where required during busy periods.

What are we looking for?

Essential

• Previous experience working within a payroll bureau, accountancy practice or another multi-client payroll environment.
• Experience processing end-to-end payroll for multiple clients.
• Good knowledge of payroll legislation, HMRC requirements and statutory payments.
• Experience administering workplace pensions and auto-enrolment.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to client service.

What's on offer?

• Competitive salary of £28,000-£30,000.
• Hybrid working.
• Full-time hours (37.5 hours per week).
• Immediate start available.
• A supportive and collaborative team environment.
• A varied role where you'll manage your own client portfolio and make an immediate impact.

If you're an experienced Payroll administrator and available to start immediately, we'd love to hear from you. Apply below or contact Jemima for more information.

To apply, please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry. We offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions