Payroll Assistant
- Permanent
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The details
Marks Sattin is working with a well-established, multi-site organisation to recruit a Payroll Administrator into their finance team based in Leeds City Centre!
This is a great opportunity for someone with solid payroll experience looking to join a collaborative and fast-paced environment. If you have an eagerness to progress within payroll and would like to work closely with a very experienced manager, this role may be for you!
The role offers a competitive salary of £30,000, hybrid working (3 days in the office, 2 from home), and 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor payroll submission deadlines and ensure timely receipt of data
- Maintain and verify time and attendance records
- Liaise with internal teams to validate payroll inputs
- Administer epayslips and reconcile data from payroll bureau
- Support onboarding/offboarding processes including starters, leavers, and transfers
- Track absence records and calculate holiday pay for leavers
- Administer weekly early pay software (e.g. Wagestream)
- Respond to payroll queries including pay, deductions, and tax
- Provide payroll-related data for audits and reporting
- Support training of new administrative staff on payroll systems and legislation
- Ad-hoc support to the Payroll Manager and wider finance/HR teams
Essential Requirements
- Minimum 3 years' UK payroll experience in a multi-site environment
- Experience with hourly paid, weekly payrolls
- Strong understanding of PAYE, pensions, and statutory obligations
- Confident working with payroll bureaus
- Excellent numerical, analytical, and organisational skills
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Proficient in Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Ability to work independently and manage deadlines
Please apply if this could be of interest!
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