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Hours - Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week with flexible, hybrid working
Holiday – 22 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), plus your birthday day off
About the Payroll Assistant role
We are TC Group, the fastest-growing top 20 accountancy firm in the UK. We’re business advisors and accountants, with over 30 years of experience we’ve honed our skills and developed our service offering to deliver a much wider range of bespoke support and advice to ambitious business owners and their businesses.
We have an exciting role for a Payroll Assistant in our Northampton office.
Due to the growing nature of the business and the payroll division we are currently looking for a Payroll Assistant who would be a great addition to the thriving and established team.
Key responsibilities of a Payroll Administrator will include:
- organising workload to ensure timely and accurate payroll service to clients
- set up and processing payroll for a portfolio of clients for varying client types
- communicating with payroll clients
- knowledge of legislation enabling client queries to be dealt with
- liaising with HMRC on behalf of clients
- processing starters and leavers
- calculating holiday pay, SMP, SSP, SPP, SHPP, Neonatal Pay etc
- submitting RTI reports to HMRC
- issuing payslips to employees and a breakdown summary to each client
- ensuring the weekly and monthly submissions of auto-enrolment pensions
- liaising with pension scheme providers to ensure all clients pension arrangements are in order
- dealing with enquires from both clients and their employees
- completing and submitting CIS returns
- other ad-hoc duties such as completing and submitting Declarations to TPR, HMRC reconciliations, Payroll Journals
We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:
- minimum 3 years’ payroll experience, ideally within an accountancy practice / bureau
- experience of payroll systems, Paycircle would be beneficial
- skilled in Microsoft office/ Excel is essential
- CIPP qualified would be advantageous, however not essential /qualified by experience
- strong communication and interpersonal skills
- strong organisational skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- awareness of confidentiality and need for discretion
- ability to work well in a pressured and fast paced environment with tight deadlines
- experience running multiple payrolls and looking after own client base
- able to work well as part of a team as well as independently
Full benefits available for the Payroll Assistant:
- competitive salary depending on experience
- Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week with flexible, hybrid working (following probation)
- study support for CIPP (if required)
- opportunity to develop your skills and progress within the Firm
- regular training and development
- pension scheme
- group life assurance x 4 salary
- group income protection
- health cash plan
- access to our employee benefits portal – cashback and vouchers on everyday purchases
- employee Assistance Programme
- significant long service awards
- 22 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
- birthday day off
- opportunity to purchase additional holiday days
- quarterly functions and events
- parking on site
- friendly and inclusive working environment
About us
TC Group is growing and changing at quite a pace! We’re an ambitious group of people with the same aim – to create a consistent, high-quality experience for our clients. Like us, our client list is growing – we’re supporting more and more of the UK’s ambitious business owners, SME’s and large Corporations and it’s a real team effort. We’re helping them make courageous decisions to grow their businesses.
We always seek the best talent, looking for individuals who are technically brilliant, solution-focused and continually strive to be the best in class. Each member of our team plays an integral part in creating the unique feel and culture of our business, which in turn helps us continue to grow, develop and evolve. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.
We can only accept applications from candidates who are based in the UK and unfortunately we are unable to provide Sponsorship.
