Job description
Sewell Wallis are currently recruiting for an experienced Payroll Assistant to join a well established, growing business within the West Leeds area. This is an excellent time to join a large, well respected, thriving business that aims to promote from within where possible. You will join a friendly, long standing team that reward and recognise their team members. This is a new role that has been created due to positive business restructure and will report directly into the Payroll Team Leader. Along with a competitive salary and the opportunity to develop and progress you will have access to free parking and excellent benefits.The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:-
- Ensuring that up to 500 employees are paid on a monthly basis.
- Assisting with an international payroll run.
- Assisting in the processing of new starters, leavers and amendments.
- Issuing P45's and preparing BACS statements.
- Processing payroll calculations including manual calculations when required.
- Dealing with PAYE enquires.
- Reconciliation of payroll - performing journals, accruals and prepayments for bonuses or overpayments.
- Administering SSP, SMP, SPP, PAYE and NI and year end procedures.
- Calculating monthly pay to gross for all employees.
- Preparing and issuing pay statements in accordance with agreed timescales.
- Analysing and resolving pay queries and providing information as required.
- Processing the payment runs.
- Supporting existing team members as and when required.
- Being committed to maintaining payroll legislation knowledge.
You will:
- Have previous experience of working within a Payroll team and will have experience of working within a fast paced, high volume environment.
- Have strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Be able to communicate at all levels and be able to liaise with managers and clients.
- Be able to prioritise your own workload to meet deadlines.
- Have strong IT skills.
For more information please contact Gemma Watmough.
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 www.sewellwallis.co.uk
