Senior Payroll Executive

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Salary: c. £34,000 pa (depending on experience) plus benefits

Hours: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm, Monday to Friday (40 hours per week)

Duration: Permanent

Location: Kettering office / hybrid

Reports to: Payroll Manager

Company: We’re a flexible, forward‑thinking brand delivering innovation to the HR, Payroll and Health & Safety sector. Our team of consultants works with SMEs to help them manage their workforce by providing expert advice and services.

Job Purpose: This role delivers first‑class support to the company in the delivery of its payroll support to clients across the UK, including processing payrolls and providing technical support and advice on matters pertaining to payroll for our clients.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Managing the end‑to‑end processing of client payrolls for a portfolio of clients, including processing salary, PAYE, BACs and pension payments in an accurate and timely manner.
• Updating and maintaining payroll records for clients, ensuring compliance with legislation rules and regulations along with clients’ own terms and conditions.
• Responsible for liaising directly with key contacts for clients to ensure accuracy of payroll data and resolve payroll queries.
• Undertaking all payroll administration including filing, setting up new starters, HMRC tax codes, student loan updates and attachment of earnings.
• Calculating termination payments for leavers and statutory sickness, maternity, paternity, shared paternity leave and adoption payments.
• Manually calculating statutory entitlements to check the accuracy of automated calculations.
• Calculating holiday entitlement and pay.
• Processing P11Ds, P11d(b) and pay‑rolling benefits.
• Processing salary/paye increases and calculating any back pay owed.
• Processing RTI submissions for clients, including NI checks, FPS and EPS submissions.
• Processing Tax Year End submissions for clients, including issuing P60s.
• Supporting the Payroll Manager and other team members with recommendations for improvement in processes.
• Dealing courteously and efficiently with staff, clients, potential clients and external visitors, maintaining strict confidentiality at all times.
• Supporting with any required system updates, parallel runs, migrations, reconciliation and implementations.
• Any other ad‑hoc duties as required.

Person Specification:

• Ideally CIPP qualified.
• Previous experience in running an end‑to‑end service for multiple client payrolls, including producing P11Ds, P60s, etc.
• Experience in using payroll systems (currently SAGE).
• Demonstrable experience in managing employee and client queries in a client‑focused manner.
• Experience dealing with third‑party service providers (e.g. pension schemes).
• Experience of setting up clients through HMRC portal, BACs, etc.
• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent.
• Ability to write clear and concise English.
• High‑level computer literacy and experience using MS Word, Excel and web‑based HR database applications.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with a high level of accuracy.
• Professional and flexible attitude.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to work under own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Confidence to deal with people at all levels.

What We Offer in Return:

• Supportive and inclusive working environment.
• Competitive salary.
• Training and development opportunities.
• 25 days holiday, plus your birthday day off.
• Flexible holiday scheme to buy/sell holiday.
• Health Cash Plan.
• Life Assurance scheme (4x salary).
• MyStaffShop discounts.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Gym membership subsidy.
• Refer a friend or family member reward.