Your newpany
You’ll be joining a well‑established public sector organisation with a strongmitment to service excellence and employee support. The finance team is dedicated, collaborative, and driven by accuracy and reliability. You’ll be part of a function that plays a vital role in ensuring colleagues receive a seamless and dependable payroll experience.
Your new role
As a payroll assistant, you’ll deliver an accurate andpliant payroll service, handling salary changes, statutory payments, deductions and manual calculations. You’ll support the smooth running of payroll systems while also managing key pension administration tasks, including preparing estimates, updating records and issuing notifications.
You’ll act as a main contact for payroll, tax, NI and pension queries, ensure payrolls balance correctly, process third party payments, manage HMRC documentation, maintain accurate data and support reporting deadlines. The role also involves regular liaison with internal teams and external bodies, as well as general administrative duties.
This is a varied positionbining routine processing with technical problem solving.
What you'll need to succeed
Previous experience within payroll, ideally handlingplex or high volume workloads.
Confident understanding of payroll legislation and statutory requirements.
Ability to perform accurate manual calculations for gross‑to‑net checks.
Experience working withputerised payroll systems.
Excellent accuracy, organisational skills and ability to meet strict deadlines.
Strongmunication skills and a professional approach when handling queries.
Amitment to confidentiality,pliance and data integrity.
What you'll get in return
1. Immediate start in a supportive and collaborative team
2. Ongoing temporary contract
3. Opportunity to make a real impact during a busy period