Payroll Advisor (Temporary)

Application Deadline: 24 July 2026

Department: Global Payroll

Employment Type: Temporary

Location: Bolton

Description

DISCOVER YOUR POTENTIAL. BUILD YOUR CAREER. JOIN US AT AAB.

AAB is a leading professional services firm operating across the UK, Ireland, and the USA. We specialise in the mid-market, supporting individuals, family businesses, and organisations with a full suite of services including audit, tax, corporate finance, payroll, people consultancy, and wealth management. With 1,000+ team members, we deliver expert support to clients all over the world.

EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO SUCCEED- WE’LL HELP YOU GET THERE.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We succeed together as one team, building strong client relationships through passion, empathy, and straightforward advice. That’s what makes AAB different. We invest in brilliant talent across every area of the business, offering tailored training, professional qualifications, and continuous support to help you grow.

Your growth matters to us. We’ll give you the tools, encouragement, and opportunities to lead, learn, and make an impact. Guided by our six core values, we foster a culture where collaboration, trust, and enthusiasm thrive.

AABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS

At AAB, your career is what you make it. We are here to help you turn ambition into action, whether that’s becoming a technical expert, a future leader, or someone who simply makes a difference every day. If you're ready to be part of a team that’s united by purpose and driven by values, we’d love to hear from you.

ESG COMMITMENT

We take our responsibility seriously. From reducing our environmental impact, to supporting education through training and talent programmes, to giving back to our local communities with our charitable initiative ABBIE- ESG is part of who we are.

ROLE PURPOSE

Key duties & responsibilities:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the firm’s technical and operational methods, processes, procedures, and standards of work required, particularly in relation to the work of your department, dealing with increasingly complex clients and tasks.
• Expand your knowledge and build on experience gained.
• Be seen as a source of knowledge for colleagues and provide effective on-the-job and in-house training and support their development.
• Review and issue output to clients, with limited guidance from senior colleagues, having due regard for risk.
• Identify main points to discuss with colleagues and clients, and offer practical solutions.
• Develop contacts with clients, their staff, and their professional advisors.
• Continue to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the services offered by your department and the firm as a whole and identify areas where the firm could assist clients.
• Manage the workflow for the team and delegate work, as appropriate, to junior colleagues and ensure that what is expected of them is clearly explained and monitor their work and productivity effectively.
• Be responsible for work of junior colleagues, review their work, provide feedback, and address learning points, as appropriate, ensuring that they are fully productive and their skills well utilised and hold the team accountable.
• Ensure that the firm’s administrative, operational, and business procedures, including professional practices, professional ethics, the firm’s methods, and standards of work are followed.
• Contribute to our marketing campaigns, including social media.
• Identify client service and process improvements and, in conjunction with the wider team, actively promote ideas and suggestions and participate in all process improvements as part of the firm’s commitment to continuous improvement, financial discipline, and operational excellence.