Payroll Administrator- Watford

Hillier Hopkins LLP

Chartered Accountants & Tax Advisers

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To assist our Watford team in helping to grow the firm, the duties you will carry out are:

  • Accepting responsibility for all weekly, monthly and quarterly payrolls, ensuring effective and efficient workflow. To include managing all aspects of client payrolls from start to finish: processing of starters and leavers, maintaining personal data, calculating statutory absence payments, processing termination payments and payments after leaving.
  • Arranging BACs payroll payments, including salary payments, monthly tax liabilities and third-party payments where necessary.
  •  Ensuring all payroll reports are generated and filed electronically.
  •  Processing payrolls in a manner that ensures client payrolls are compliant with statutory and professional regulations.
  •  Ensuring all day-to-day payroll tasks are completed in line with departmental payroll processing timetable.
  •  Dealing with ad hoc queries and tasks.

Ideally you will have the following skills:

  •  Minimum of 2 years payroll experience.
  •  Previous experience of working in an accountancy practice, or to have worked in a payroll department dealing with a high-volume payroll.
  •  Good working knowledge of payroll systems (Star would be preferable).
  • Intermediate Excel skills.
  • Customer service orientated.
  •  Strong attention to detail.
  •  Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • The ability to establish and maintain good working relationships.

BENEFITS AND EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

  •  Full time role – Monday to Friday.
  • Remuneration will be dependent on experience and qualifications.
  •  Right to Work in the UK required.

The package will include:

  •  Annual Christmas Bonus equivalent to 1 week’s salary.
  •  Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme all staff are auto enrolled. (Employer: 5%; Employee:3%) subject to eligibility.
  • Private Medical Insurance following completion of 3 months service (this is a taxable benefit).
  •  Death in Service scheme cover (4x salary).
  • Group Income Protection Scheme (non-contributory) following completion of 3 months service.
  • Annual Leave will be 25 days per annum (pro rata). 3 days are normally taken at Christmas/New Year.

Interested: Contact Liz Constantinou on 01923 634319 or e-mail recruitment@hhllp.co.uk