Job Description:

Senior Payroll Administrator

Salary: £30,000–£32,000
Location: Burscough, Ormskirk
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
Working Pattern: Office-based initially, with 1 day WFH after probation
Payroll: Approx. 500 employees across multiple payrolls

The Role

An opportunity for an experienced Senior Payroll Administrator to join an established payroll team, supporting the end-to-end delivery of multiple UK payrolls.

You’ll primarily support four monthly payrolls, while also providing cover across three weekly payrolls, working within a small and experienced payroll team.

Key Responsibilities

• Process end-to-end payroll for approximately 500 employees across multiple companies.

• Manage starters, leavers and contractual changes.

• Process overtime, timesheets, allowances, deductions and statutory payments.

• Administer pensions, auto-enrolment and salary sacrifice schemes.

• Complete payroll validation, reconciliations and National Minimum Wage checks.

• Manage RTI submissions, P45s and payroll records.

• Prepare payroll journals and general ledger reconciliations.

• Handle employee payroll queries and work closely with HR.

• Provide cover for weekly payroll processing when required.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong end-to-end UK payroll experience.

• Experience managing multiple payrolls or multi-site payrolls highly desirable.

• Good knowledge of UK payroll legislation and statutory payments.

• Strong pensions and auto-enrolment knowledge.

• Confident with payroll reconciliations and controls.

• Good Excel and payroll systems skills.

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.

• Construction, engineering or another fast-paced operational background would be advantageous.

Interested? Apply today!! 

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