Domestic Payroll Associate

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today’s changing world. Our clients are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high-growth businesses that fuel the economy - and the owners and management teams that lead them.

The Business Services and Outsourcing team are essential to meeting our clients' evolving requirements. As well as delivering long-term, sustainable value to businesses by providing a range of solutions such as accounting, payroll and compliance services, they also play a key role in tying together many of our services across BDO both domestically and internationally. By building deep and meaningful relationships with a range of clients from ambitious entrepreneurial SMEs to large multi-national groups, our BS&O team don’t just advise on their specific business challenges, they open doors for other teams to provide our firm’s wider service offering.

To succeed in this agile environment, you’ll need to demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills and initiative. In return, you’ll have the opportunity for progression, and the chance to develop in one of the industry’s most exciting and varied roles.

Our clients trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with clients and building long-lasting relationships. You’ll be someone who can work pro-actively, managing your own tasks, but you’ll also be confident collaborating with others, communicating regularly with senior managers, Directors, and BDO’s Partners to enable us to serve our clients effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to our clients.

Step into a dynamic role where you’ll take charge of managing a portfolio of client payrolls, handling around 1,000 headcount. Your expertise in PAYE and NIC legislation will be crucial for ensuring precise payroll management. You’ll be entering starters, leavers, benefits, and allowances into the Payroll database, calculating leavers' pay and statutory payments, processing P45 forms, and distributing payslips. Running payroll reports and ensuring timely salary payments will be part of your routine, along with uploading FPS and EPS reports to HMRC. You’ll respond to client queries, handle HMRC correspondence, assist with BACS uploads, and quality check payrolls. Beyond these tasks, you’ll engage in general administrative duties and support Supervisors. Familiarity with our firm’s policies, accurate time recording, and compliance with risk management procedures are expected. Ideally, you’re studying towards a professional qualification or have equivalent experience. Your attention to detail and effective communication with colleagues will be key to your success.

You’ll be someone with:

• Qualification with the CIPP in terms of either a Payroll Technician Certificate or Year 1 of the Foundation Degree in Payroll Management completed, or equivalent, is highly desirable.
• A strong work ethic and willingness to assist other members of the team when required.
• Able to multi-task and to prioritise payroll workload.
• Good interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.
• Have a knowledge of changes to legislation which affect payroll.

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task in hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

We can provide the best support for our clients and people when we’re working side by side. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for our clients and satisfying experiences at work, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in them. Across 17 UK locations, we are 6,500 unique minds coming together to help our clients reach their ambitions.

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.

We offer a wide range of core and voluntary benefits, with a few examples below:

• Health and Wellness Programmes: We promote a positive working environment where our people can thrive.
• Pension Plan: A Group Personal Pension Plan, with matched employer contributions.
• Private Medical: Access to private medical treatment for you and your family.
• Income Protection Plan: Provides a proportion of your basic salary if you suffer a loss of earnings because of illness or injury.
• Holidays: Our holiday benefit enables you to purchase up to 10 days of additional leave.
• Bike to work scheme: A convenient, environmentally friendly and tax-effective way to acquire a bike for travelling to and from work.