Role Overview
The Payroll & Finance Assistant will play a pivotal role in supporting the financial operations. The successful candidate will be part of the payroll team, maintaining accurate records using payroll software, and ensuring compliance with all payroll-related regulations. In addition to payroll duties, you will assist with daily transactional finance tasks and support the senior finance team. This role offers an excellent opportunity for growth and hands-on experience across the company.
Key responsibilities
Payroll:
- Collate weekly hours to process weekly payroll, ensuring accurate data entry and validation of digital timesheets.
- Paying weekly and monthly wages, verifying payroll reports, and ensuring all statutory deductions are accounted for.
- Maintain and update employee records, including new starters and leavers.
- Administer statutory sick pay (SSP), maternity pay (SMP), and other statutory entitlements, ensuring compliance with current legislation.
- Assisting with CIS reconciliation and returns.
- Manage payroll queries from staff.
- Submit pension payments to the Pension Provider and ensure pension data is accurately maintained.
- Generate and distribute payslips and P60s to employees, ensuring confidentiality and data protection.
- Support internal and external audits by providing payroll documentation and reports.
Finance & Business Administration
- Purchase Ledger.
- Reconciliation of stone delivery notes to invoices using excel.
Person Specification – Essential Skills and Qualities:
- Previous experience in a payroll administration role
- Strong numerical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent organisational and time management abilities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel; experience with payroll accounting software Pegasus Opera is preferred although training will be provided.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Transport is essential.
Package
- Flexible 27.5 hours minimum
- Based at Stanton Drew office (Bristol, BS39 4DE)
- Salary: £18,500 to £20,000 per annum (DOE)
- Holiday: Starting at 20 days (increases on length of service) and statutory bank holidays
- Pension
- Free on site parking with charging points
Please note;
- You must have the right to work in the UK. We can not offer sponsorship support
- Payroll experience is desirable but not essential
- The role is office based. However, we are open to some flexibility with working hours & days for the right candidate.
