Senior Payroll Clerk

Fixed Term
Colchester
Essex
£35k - 40k per year
Accountancy & Finance
JOB-13230

Are you an experience payroll clerk who would like to work in an established in-house payroll team?  Due to a secondment this role has arisen to support the team with payroll duties.  This role is offered initially on a 6 month contract and would only require you n the office between 1 - 2 days per week.   There is a great team ethic and superb company culture.

Responsibilities;

• Perform daily payroll tasks, including backfilling roles to support team members during Testing and Parallel run phases.
• Monitor and manage the shared mailbox for payroll enquiries
• Conduct complex calculations for Maternity Leave, Long-Term Sickness (LTS), Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), and employee departures.
• Process new hires, terminations, and statutory absences.
• Oversee all ad hoc data, pension and benefit changes across a dozen payrolls, including one weekly payroll and two pensioner payrolls.
• Raise ad hoc advances and process third-party payments.
• Ensure accuracy in team processing.
• Conduct system audits between HR and payroll systems.
• Complete month-end payroll controls before payroll release.
• Generate payroll reports at month-end

You will have:
• Proven experience within payroll department
• Advanced experience using Microsoft and Excel
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Ideally from a payroll Bureau background 

What you get in return;:
• Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance: Income Protection: Pension Healthcare Cashplan, Childcare Allowance, Shopping Discount
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), including virtual GP services, Eyecare scheme and free mortgage advice, a Network of over 50 Mental Health First Aiders.
• 27 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing by 1 day for each year of service (up to 30 days, pro-rated for part-time employees).
• Options for flexible working

Iain Jones

Director

+44 (0)1371 832 922