Job Description:

Payroll Administrator

Location: Central London (Hybrid – 4 days office, 1 day home)
Salary: £28,000 - £32,000

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Payroll Administrator to join a busy in-house payroll team supporting the payroll for approximately 2,550 UK employees. Working alongside the Payroll Supervisor and Senior Payroll team, you'll play a key role in delivering an accurate and compliant monthly payroll while gaining exposure to payroll projects and system improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end monthly payroll process for approximately 2,550 employees
• Process starters, leavers, contractual changes, statutory payments, tax codes and court orders
• Maintain payroll and employee records, ensuring GDPR compliance
• Respond to payroll queries from employees and managers via phone and email
• Update time and attendance systems and support employee self-service platforms
• Assist with payroll reporting, employment references, payroll documentation and HRIS testing
• Support the Payroll Manager and wider payroll team with ongoing projects and continuous improvements

Ideal Candidate

• Previous payroll administration experience with strong end-to-end payroll knowledge
• Good understanding of UK payroll legislation, RTI, statutory payments and auto-enrolment
• Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills with excellent attention to detail
• Confident analysing payroll data and resolving payroll queries
• Able to work accurately under pressure and meet monthly payroll deadlines
• Strong communication skills with a proactive and team-focused approach
• Experience with iTrent  would be advantageous
• CIPP qualification (or working towards one) is beneficial but not essential

Interested? Apply today! 

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply. We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist payroll, HR & Reward recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.