General Description:

Mark Sattin is representing an well established practice client who is seeking a Payroll Senior to join their enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team.

Job Purpose:

We are looking for an experienced payroll professional to manage their own payroll portfolio. The role will report to Payroll Manager and will involve being responsible for and running your own payroll portfolio on a day to day basis.

Key Responsibilities

* Participate in team meetings including knowledge sharing and presenting new ideas and initiatives.

* Identifying potential opportunities with client portfolio for payroll services line and /or wider firm. * Build internal network.

* Demonstrate willingness to learn and develop knowledge and new skills to grow payroll service.

* Manage a portfolio of clients to ensure all payrolls are efficiently processed.

* Ensuring high levels of quality by thoroughly reviewing payroll reports in line with our payroll control framework.

* Managing client expectations and assisting clients with a positive attitude.

* Managing & dealing with client issues / problems on their payroll matters.

* Ensuring that developments in payroll related matters are monitored and reacted to.

* Attend to all payroll billing accurately and on time.

* Assist with new payroll on-boarding where necessary

* Assist with engagement letters and AML procedures for new clients, as required.

* Support HMRC enquiries and investigations as required.

* Manage and arrange Pension contributions payments on time.

* Supporting other team members as and when needed.

Key Skills and Experience

* Ability to identify process improvements to add value to clients and the service line.

* Ability to prioritise work effectively.

* Demonstrate proactivity in responding to internal and external queries.

* Current knowledge of developments in the sector.

* Experience of Star/IRIS Payroll Professional is desired.

* Simultaneous management of multiple payrolls.

* Ability to process payrolls for clients unassisted with a key attention to detail.

* Ability to process payroll input information provided by the client and liaise with client to clear any ambiguous instructions.

* Ability to attend to any client queries or Revenue issues.

* Preferably experience of acting in a practice environment dealing with external clients, but not essential for the right candidate.

Professional Qualifications and Education:

* Work experience in sector is primary requirement.

* Relevant payroll qualifications are preferable.

Key Competencies

* Commercial awareness and identifying opportunities for business development,

* Transparent and trustworthy.

* Ability to take the lead in maintaining and developing client relationships.

* Ability to apply payroll rules and regulations.

* Ability to manually calculate tax and national insurance (when needed).

* Able to work under your own initiative.

* Confident and Proactive.

* Work collaboratively with peers in team and across the firm.

* Ability to absorb changes in regulations and implement them into working practice for your portfolio of payroll clients.

* Ability to manage peak work times in payroll processing, with the expectation of meeting all deadlines.

* Attention to detail in processing payrolls and taking responsibility for any errors made, handling these in a proactive and efficient manner to rectify the position with the client.

Benefits:

23 days, 26 after two years.

6% employer contribution for pension,

Death in service(4x salary),

Income protection insurance(after promotion), cycle to work, cinema tickets, private healthcare.

Learning and development, annual promotion cycle.

Work/life balance, really friendly team.

Firm hybrid( 3 days a week)

Interviews will be happening shortly, so please apply or send your CV to Tatenda tatenda.kutenha@markssattin.com