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Payroll Specialist, Trainee
Application Deadline: 31 December 2026
Department: Payroll
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Galway, Ireland
Description
Moore is a leading Irish provider of accountancy and advisory services for smart, commercially ambitious enterprises seeking the highest standards in client service and expertise.
At Moore, we have a dedicated Payroll team, which due to ongoing expansion is seeking to recruit a Trainee Payroll Specialist where the successful candidate will participate in the delivery of quality payroll services to a diverse portfolio of clients, varying from sole traders to small and medium sized businesses.
The role is based in our Galway office with a hybrid working model and candidates should be motivated, collaborative, enthusiastic, and driven in their approach to their career.
The duties of this role include:
- Responsible for processing of weekly, fortnightly, and monthly payrolls for clients of our Payroll Bureau, to include processing of amendments; starters; leavers; tax credit downloads and creation and transmission of bank files.
- Produce and check payroll reports prior to dispatch to clients.
- Dealing with responding to client payroll queries.
- Ensure compliance with data protection and employment legislation.
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Demonstrable Experience and Qualifications Required:
- Experience in a payroll or administrative function.
- Be an enthusiastic individual with experience working in payroll.
- Have good IT skills, particularly in payroll and email software.
- Have good verbal and written communication skills.
- Be willing to learn and work as part of a team.
- Have a positive attitude and be solution-focused in their approach to work.
Diversity in Experience.
At Moore, we believe it is important to look at the overall candidate. We are passionate about diversity and inclusion and we seek to attract talented individuals from a wide and diverse talent pool. Our business is made stronger by the different perspectives and experiences of our people and we feel it is important and in line with our values that we continue to build a workforce which is representative of our society as it is today.
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What Moore Offers.
- Competitive salary package
- Support to achieve IPASS qualifications
- A good work-life balance
- Career development opportunities
- In-house training opportunities.
- Mentoring system, continual assessment, and feedback.
- Company events
- Travel saver ticket options
- Hybrid working options available
- Educational courses and CPD
- Association with Moore Global Network with more than 30,000 people across 260 independent firms in over 110 countries
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