Full job description
ABOUT US:
We are a busy South Liverpool Accountancy practice providing accountancy and payroll services. We deliver accurate, compliant, and timely payroll solutions to a wide range of clients across multiple sectors. We are seeking a Payroll Clerk to join our team of 3. This role is ideal for someone with strong payroll experience, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple client payrolls efficiently.
KEY RESPONSABILITIES:
· Processing weekly/fortnightly/lunar/monthly & quarterly payrolls for submission to clients and HMRC.
· Day to day management of payroll process, including receipt of wages/hours from client by email or phone.
· Calculate statutory payments such as SSP, SMP, SPP, and holiday pay.
· Administer starters, leavers, and employee changes (e.g., tax codes, benefits, bonuses, overtime).
· Manage auto-enrolment pension duties, including assessment, enrolment, and preparation of submission to multiple pension providers (e.g., NEST, The People's Pension, Smart Pension, True Potential etc.).
· Manage RTI submissions to HMRC, ensuring all deadlines are met.
· Printing out payroll documents for posting to clients and uploading documents to Iris Openspace and/or Sage online.
· Setting up of pension schemes and completing declaration and re-declaration of compliance for clients.
· Setting up and ceasing of PAYE schemes with HMRC.
· Completion of payroll year-end tasks.
· Preparing and reconciling P32 summary reports for each month and at the year-end.
· Dealing with payroll queries from clients, HMRC and other relevant bodies by email, phone or in person.
· Reconciliation of client PAYE accounts, including applications for statutory funding or refunds from HMRC.
· Maintain accurate records in line with GDPR and data protection requirements.
· Assist with onboarding new payroll clients, ensuring a smooth transition.
· Handling of office admin tasks such as scanning and filing.
· Any other tasks deemed necessary.
Skills and Qualifications:
* Minimum 2 years' experience in a payroll role within a payroll bureau or a multi-client environment is preferred.
* Confident liaising with HMRC and other stakeholders, including handling queries and resolving issues.
* Strong understanding of UK payroll legislation, including PAYE, NIC, statutory payments, and pensions is preferred.
* Experience with payroll software, Sage 50 is preferred.
* Excellent numerical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
* Ability to work under pressure to meet multiple deadlines.
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, for both client and internal liaison.
* Highly organised with strong time management skills.
* Competent in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Outlook.
* Knowledge of CIS (Construction Industry Scheme) processing is advantageous but not essential.
Desirable:
* CIPP qualification or working towards it (preferred but not essential).
* Experience in dealing with holiday accrual for irregular hours workers (following recent legislative updates).
* Familiarity with GDPR in relation to payroll data.
Please note this is not a remote position and the successful candidate would be expected to work in our Liverpool based office.
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: Competitive depending on experience
Benefits:
* Competitive salary
* Company pension
* Christmas Shutdown
* 28 days annual leave increasing with length of service
* Paid training
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Liverpool L18 1DG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
* Payroll Processing: 2 years (preferred)
* Pension compliance: 1 year (preferred)
Language:
* English (required)
Work Location and schedule:
· In person
· Monday to Friday - 9am to 5pm
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: Up to £31,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person