🚀 Kickstart Your Payroll Career with IRIS Software Group 🚀
Are you highly organised, detail focused and looking to build a career in payroll?
Join one of the UK’s largest and most trusted software providers as a Client Payroll Associate and gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, supportive environment.
We're inviting enthusiastic individuals to take part in an In Person Assessment Centre at our Manchester office (M1 4DY) on Wednesday 22nd July 2026, a unique opportunity to meet our team, showcase your skills and get a feel for the IRIS culture. Please only apply for these roles if you are available to start on Monday 10th August 2026.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Client Payroll Associate, you’ll support our payroll teams in delivering outstanding service to our clients. From organising client data and checking transmissions to verifying BACS files and updating schedules, this role is essential to our payroll operations.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Processing and organising client payroll documentation.
- Maintaining payroll data and monthly trackers.
- Verifying audit logs, HMRC and BACS transmissions.
- Supporting Payroll Managers with admin and scheduling.
- Managing P60 distributions and archiving client data.
This role is a fantastic introduction to the world of payroll with a clear pathway for progression.
What We’re Looking For
We’re not expecting previous payroll experience, we’re looking for the right mindset:
- Strong organisation and attention to detail
- Confident communicator and team player
- Comfortable using Microsoft Office (especially Excel)
- Eager to learn and grow in a professional environment
- Proactive, positive and committed to client success
Whether you’re a school or college leaver, returning to work or ready for a fresh start, we would love to meet you!
Why Join IRIS?
At IRIS, you’ll join a global software group that supports over 100,000 customers across 135 countries and pays 1 in 8 UK employees.
We offer:
- A structured onboarding and training programme
- A welcoming and collaborative team culture
- Real career progression opportunities in Payroll, HR or Tech
- The chance to learn from one of the UK’s most established payroll providers.
How to Apply
Submit your CV and register your interest today. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend our Assessment Centre in Manchester on Wednesday 22nd July 2026.
Apply now and take your first step into a career with impact at IRIS.
Please note:
We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible.
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About IRIS
As one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies, IRIS Software Group exists to simplify the lives of businesses, schools and organisations.
IRIS provides software solutions and services that substantially enhance operational compliance, efficiency and accuracy, empowering the users of our technology to look forward with certainty and confidence.
Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child’s school, 18% of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50,000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping and 21,000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.
Our operational software is the invisible but essential beating heart of our customers’ businesses, supporting them in a range of objectives, from maintaining legislative compliance to boosting engagement with stakeholders and enhancing productivity.
It’s vital these mission-critical functions work first time, every time.
That’s why IRIS helps businesses run the tough stuff, stay compliant and get operational tasks done right first time, every time – so they can focus on productivity and growth.
IRIS is a company built on hiring the best people; our people are our greatest assets.
They enable us to be the innovative, market-leading, and high-performing company that we are today.
We’re delighted to be certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women.
These accolades confirm that our employees have a consistently positive experience at IRIS, with the certifications considering employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, trust in management, effective communication and recognition/reward.
IRIS is committed to engaging, rewarding and empowering our employees, and this is central to what we do.
This is why we work to create an environment where employees feel like they are part of a team.
Why work for IRIS?
The Benefits
Developing your career
We believe in creating a culture of engagement and reward to develop your potential and offer long-term career success. We do this by:
Supporting our managers to be great leaders, providing inspirational management resources and offering dedicated management development training.
Rewarding individual excellence through dedicated initiatives and Employee Awards for demonstrating our values.
Offering regular training and development programmes tailored to each employee’s development needs and providing a commitment to a ‘learning culture’ which shares knowledge, best practice and our long-standing expertise between employees.
We’re committed to a culture of continuous improvement and listen to our employees via regular feedback sessions and employee engagement surveys.
Our employees love the colleagues they work with. We promote a positive environment where our people feel comfortable, make friends and support each other.
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