JGA Recruitment Group | B Corp™
Senior Payroll Administrator
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Senior Payroll Administrator
Salary
£30,000 – £32,000
Location
West Lancashire
Working Structure
Office-based initially, moving to 1 day working from home following probation
Contract
Permanent
JGA Recruitment Group is working with an industry-leading specialist business to recruit a Senior Payroll Administrator into its Finance Shared Services function.
This is a hands-on payroll position responsible for processing monthly payrolls across multiple companies, with the opportunity to develop your experience across payroll, pensions, benefits, reporting, and payroll controls.
The Role
You will take ownership of end-to-end payroll processing for 500+ employees across multiple companies, working closely with HR and Finance to ensure payrolls are accurate, compliant, and delivered to deadline.
The role will also provide exposure to weekly payroll processing, giving you the opportunity to broaden your payroll knowledge across different pay frequencies and employee populations.
Key Responsibilities
- Process monthly payrolls for 500+ employees across multiple companies.
- Manage starters, leavers, contractual changes, and timesheet-based payments.
- Process overtime, subsistence, sick pay, and statutory payments including SSP, SMP, and SPP.
- Administer court orders, deductions, company cars, and car allowances.
- Process shadow payrolls for overseas employees.
- Administer salary sacrifice and employee share scheme deductions.
- Manage pension administration, including auto-enrolment, AVCs, eligibility checks, and National Minimum Wage compliance.
- Complete pension uploads and maintain pension portals.
- Carry out payroll validation, reconciliation, and pre-payroll control checks.
- Produce and submit RTI information and issue P45s.
- Prepare monthly payroll journals and complete general ledger reconciliations.
- Maintain accurate payroll records and documentation.
- Act as a key point of contact for payroll queries and work closely with HR to resolve issues.
- Prepare supervisor bonus spreadsheets for management review.
- Learn and provide cover for weekly payroll processing for 200+ employees across three companies.
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You'll ideally have:
- Previous end-to-end payroll processing experience.
- Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation and statutory requirements.
- Experience with pensions and auto-enrolment.
- Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
- Good Excel and payroll systems experience.
- The ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
- A proactive, organized approach to your work.
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What's on Offer?
- Salary of £30,000 – £32,000, depending on experience.
- Hybrid working, with 1 day per week from home following successful completion of probation.
- Company pension scheme.
- Access to salary sacrifice schemes.
- Free on-site parking.
- Complimentary tea and coffee.
- Supportive and collaborative working environment.
- Opportunity to play a key role within a growing Finance Shared Services function.
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If you're an experienced payroll professional looking for a varied role where you can take ownership of a multi-company payroll and broaden your experience across pensions, benefits, and payroll controls, we'd love to hear from you.
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JGA Recruitment Group Ltd (“We”) are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.
We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist Payroll and HR recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.
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