Senior Payroll Administrator

Salary: Salary up to £38,000 • Location: Manchester

Senior Payroll Administrator

Salary up to £38,000

Location

Manchester

Purpose

The business now seeks a Senior Payroll Administrator who will process all aspects of payroll for their portfolio of clients, ensuring a seamless journey for the customer.

Reports to

Outsourced Payroll Service Manager

Hours of work

Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5pm

Day-to-day responsibilities include but are not limited to the below:

As the Senior Payroll Administrator, you will take ownership of and be responsible for the end-to-end processing of complex client payrolls under your purview. With an excellent eye for detail and the ability to work to strict deadlines, you will have the opportunity to hone your existing payroll skills and grow with the business.

The duties of a Senior Payroll Administrator are, but not limited to:

• Accurately manage the most complex client payrolls
• Inputting payroll related data to the BrightHR payroll system, generating reports and maintaining the client schedule.
• Processing of statutory related pay and deductions, including PAYE, National Insurance and Pensions.
• Processing of company/statutory related pay and deductions, including SSP and SMP etc.
• Ensuring accuracy within the payroll process and maintaining client communication and confidentiality throughout.
• Calculation and processing of salary adjustments, back-pay, overpayments, and holiday pay.
• FPS and EPS submissions, alongside P11Ds/payrolled benefits where needed.
• Act as point of escalation for complex queries on the Payroll Admin team
• Deputise for the Outsourced Payroll Manager
• Coordinate internal training within the Payroll Admin team, alongside Onboarding Team Leader

Key requirements

Required skills and experience

• Deep understanding of UK payroll legislation and tax regulations, being either CIPP qualified or qualified by experience.
• 5 years’ service in a bureau environment.
• Excellent IT skills, with the ability to quickly adapt to new HR and Payroll systems and other products, such as Microsoft Excel.
• High level of communication skills and the ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Building and maintaining positive client relationships.
• The willingness to learn new skills and step out of your comfort zone.
• The ability to become a brand ambassador for BrightHR and its sister companies.

Key requirements

Required skills and experience

• Previous customer onboarding experience within a Payroll or Finance related role, with demonstrable experience of Onboarding principles such as data loads, reconciliation, parallel runs and go live authority (desirable).
• An awareness of UK payroll legislation and tax regulations (essential).
• Previous experience in SaaS platforms and, ideally, an awareness of HR and Payroll systems and how they work (desirable).
• Light-touch project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining positive client relationships.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• The ability to become a brand ambassador for BrightHR and its sister companies.

BrightHR Benefits

• Enhanced holidays – 25 days increasing to 27 after 2 years’ service and 28 after 5 years’ service (22 Days for Field Sales)
• Private health care cover after 5 years’ service
• New business referral scheme
• Access to Health Shield
• Access to the EAP service
• Refer a friend scheme
• Paid birthday leave
• Pension scheme contribution increasing to 5% after 5 years’ service and again to 7% after 7 years’ service
• Group life insurance
• Eye care contribution
• Free fruit (office-based staff)
• Travel Season Ticket loan scheme
• Milestone recognition
• Discounted products – Manchester City centre parking (AO Arena) / First Bus Travel Club Membership / Microsoft Home User programme / Anglian Home Improvements
• Pace health Club (situated in the park Inn) discounted gym membership and spa treatments
• Park Inn 20% food and drink discount
• New Century 20% food and drink discount
• Revolution De Cuba 20% food and drink discount
• Cycle 2 Work scheme* after probationary period
• On site Gym
• Bright Exchange perks

Values & Behaviours

• Living the company values of We care, We take action, we innovate, we inform, and we do the right thing
• We lead by example and recognise those living our values
• We drive the narrative by inspiring and engaging our team
• We collaborate with rigor and embrace diversity of thought
• We deliver with a united voice
• We take ownership by staying close to team performance by Super Coaching and Walking the Walk
• We keep our approach simple and stick to the playbook to deliver on promise
• We think critically and commercially, assess the situation before jumping to the solution

We are BrightHR; the only software powered by HR, health & safety, and legal experts. Everything you need to simply manage your staff, all in one place, PLUS free tools to set your business apart.

We are on a mission to transform people management for businesses. We’ve been making life easier for employers since 2015 with our range of innovative software, are providing HR, H&S, and business support to over 95,000 businesses globally.

We are a people business. The market moves quickly and so do we. We put the customer first, working hard and always looking ahead, purposefully innovating to ensure peace of mind.

BrightHR is an Equal Opportunity and Disability Confident Employer, committed to diversity and inclusion without regard to protected characteristics