Payroll Officer

Salary/Rate:£28000 - £30000 per annum
Job type:Perm
Location:Rotherham, South Yorkshire

About the Role

Sewell Wallis is pleased to be working with a well-established accountancy practice, who are looking for a Payroll Office to join their team based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. With a presence across the region, this is a firm with a great reputation that prioritises great services and its people, while and strives to create a maintain a supportive culture.

They are looking for someone with experience as a Payroll Officer of within a similar role in an accountancy practice/bureau environment, with an understanding of end-to-end payroll processing and the ability to manage a varied workload. If this sounds like you, then this is an opportunity you don't want to miss out on.

What will you be doing?

  • Processing end-to-end payroll weekly, fortnightly and monthly for a varied portfolio of clients.
  • Ensuring calculation of wages, overtime, bonuses, deductions, and statutory payments are accurate.
  • Maintaining up-to-date employee payroll records at all times.
  • Ensuring compliance with all relevant tax and employment legislation.
  • Preparing and submitting statutory payroll reports (e.g. PAYE, NI, pension contributions).
  • Acting as a point of contact for clients in order to resolve payroll queries and provide payroll-related advice.
  • Dealing with any amendment, as well as starters, leavers, and year-end processes.
  • Reconciling payroll reports and assist with audits when required.
  • Continually support with ongoing improvement of payroll processes.

What skills are we looking for?

  • Proven experience as a Payroll Officer or in a similar role, within an accountancy practice/bureau or professional services environment.
  • Strong knowledge of payroll legislation and statutory compliance.
  • Experience using payroll software (e.g. Sage, Xero, BrightPay, or similar).
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
  • Excellent communication and client service skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and general accounting software.

What's on offer?

  • Study support for relevant qualifications
  • 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
  • Enhanced pension scheme
  • Health Cash Plan
  • Life Assurance

Apply below to avoid missing out, or contact Eleanor Kirk for more details.

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: EK/6531Post Date: 19.01.26

Meet Our Recruiter

Eleanor Kirk

Eleanor Kirk

Consultant | Transactional & Part-Qualified Finance

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