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Payroll Officer
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Senior Payroll Specialist (Part-Time)
Location: Wickford, Essex
Salary: £33,000 - £38,000 FTE (Pro Rata), depending on experience
Hours: 22.5 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday & Thursday)
Job Type: Permanent, Part-Time
Senior Payroll Opportunity | Standalone Role | Multi-Entity Business
An established and growing retail, e-commerce and logistics group is looking to appoint an experienced Senior Payroll Specialist to take ownership of its payroll function.
This is a genuinely senior, hands-on position where you'll manage the complete payroll process across multiple legal entities while acting as the business's payroll expert. You'll also play a key role in the implementation of a new payroll and HR system, making this an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys improving processes as well as delivering an accurate payroll.
If you're looking for a part-time role that offers real responsibility, autonomy and variety, we'd love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end weekly and monthly payrolls across multiple group entities.
- Process starters, leavers, salary changes, statutory payments and final salary calculations.
- Ensure accurate and timely RTI submissions (FPS/EPS) and compliance with HMRC requirements.
- Administer workplace pensions, including auto-enrolment, salary sacrifice and provider submissions.
- Manage payroll year-end activities, including P60s, tax code changes and HMRC correspondence.
- Support the implementation of a new payroll system, including data validation, testing and process improvements.
- Develop and maintain payroll procedures, controls and audit trails.
- Act as the first point of contact for employee payroll queries.
- Work closely with Finance and HR to ensure payroll data is accurate, compliant and delivered on time.
- Assist with payroll journals, reconciliations and statutory reporting.
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About You
To be successful in this role, you'll have:
- Significant experience managing end-to-end UK payroll.
- Experience working across multiple payrolls or legal entities.
- Excellent knowledge of PAYE, National Insurance, RTI, statutory payments and payroll legislation.
- Experience administering workplace pension schemes and salary sacrifice arrangements.
- The confidence to work independently and identify potential compliance issues before they arise.
- Exceptional attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
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Desirable:
- CIPP qualification (or qualified by experience).
- Experience using Sage 50 Payroll and/or Paycircle.
- Previous involvement in a payroll implementation or system migration.
- Experience integrating payroll with HR or time and attendance systems.
What's on Offer?
- £33,000 - £38,000 FTE (pro rata) depending on experience.
- Part-time hours with a consistent working pattern (Monday, Tuesday & Thursday).
- Office-based role with some flexibility.
- Workplace pension.
- 17.5 days annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays.
- Staff discount.
- Free on-site parking.
- The opportunity to lead and shape payroll within a successful, growing business.
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