Payroll Administrator

Salary/Rate:£25000 - £27000 per annum
Job type:Perm
Location:York, North Yorkshire

About the Role

Sewell Wallis is working with a project led by a Yorkshire manufacturing company that is seeking a Payroll Administrator to join its team in York. The business is responsible for delivering projects for recognised global clients.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Payroll Administrator, reporting into the Financial Controller, who will be responsible for the full end-to-end payroll processing.

What will you be doing?

  • Responsible for processing and calculating weekly and four-weekly timesheets in line with company payroll regulations, ensuring accurate input into internal systems.
  • Generating both four-weekly and salaried payrolls, completing all associated checklist tasks, and maintaining compliance with payroll procedures.
  • Administering payroll-related data, such as managing new starters and leavers, and calculating statutory payments including maternity, paternity, and sick pay.
  • Communicating with team members and other departments where required.
  • Providing support to the Finance Team with financial planning, business development activities, and ad hoc administrative tasks, including delivery note filing.

What skills are we looking for?

  • Previous experience in a similar payroll processing role.
  • Experience and knowledge of SAGE is essential.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications such as Excel and Outlook.
  • Strong communication and organisational skills.

What's on offer?

  • £27,000 per annum.
  • Excellent long term progression opportunities.
  • On-site parking.
  • The opportunity to join a growing business, supporting a busy and collaborative finance team.

To apply, please submit your application below. For further information, contact Emma.

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.

Job ref: EJ/6697Post Date: 17.03.26

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