Payroll Administrator

Pay Range

This range is provided by Neo People Management. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Salary range for this role is £25,000 – £28,000 per annum depending on experience.

About Us

Neo People Management is a nationally recognised leader in providing HR and payroll solutions for schools and multi academy trusts in the UK. We understand the challenges of working within schools and academy trusts and have been supporting our clients to grow and develop for over a decade. We offer proactive operational and strategic HR advice to hundreds of schools throughout the whole of England and deliver an extremely high-quality payroll and pensions service that processes the salary requirements of approximately 60,000 school‑based staff each month. We are specialists in the education sector with a highly qualified team and are passionate about supporting the sector in payroll and HR.

About the Role

It is an exciting period of growth and expansion at Neo People, and we are currently looking to recruit commercially minded Administrators to join our fast‑paced Payroll team. No previous payroll experience is required (but is desirable) as training will be offered to the successful applicants. If you have a can‑do attitude and are willing to take on the challenge of working within a fast‑paced environment we would like to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Pensions and Payroll teams to input customer data into the iTrent system and run reports.
• Ensure all payroll data matches, is forwarded and processed.
• Action and resolve all queries.
• Support clients with data reporting weekly and upon request.
• Answer incoming calls and deal with them appropriately.
• Support administration practices in accordance with changing business/team needs and legal requirements.
• Provide breakdowns to our payroll for processing.
• Manage client queries, requests and liaise with them based on dynamic payroll changes.
• Adapt to a fast‑paced environment where internal and external clients are at the core of everything we do.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for the following:

• A strong administrator with advanced Excel skills (VLookups, Pivot Tables etc.), problem solving, data analysis to manipulate and upload data, and data management skills.
• Basic understanding of payroll is desirable.
• High attention to detail and problem solving.
• Ability to work as part of a highly motivated team and under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Ability to manage multiple accounts and projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail.
• Readiness to challenge discrepancies where occurring.
• A hands‑on attitude and willingness to learn.

Our Benefits

• 28 days holiday, with an extra day for each year you stay with us, up to a maximum of 33 days plus bank holidays.
• We pay for a Healthcare Plan once you’ve passed probation, which includes access to a private GP.
• From day 1, free life insurance covering up to 4× your salary.
• We’ll both add money into your pension pot after 3 months.
• Choose flexible benefits after probation (e.g., additional holiday, dental, topping up healthcare, bikes, gym membership, electric cars, etc.).
• Get 25% off online learning resources for year 1 to GCSE with EdPlace.
• Learning and development opportunities.

Seniority Level

Entry level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

• Administrative, Finance and Human Resources
• Industries: Administrative and Support Services

This role is based at our modern offices in Bury, Greater Manchester.