Payroll Assistant

Are you currently looking for a Payroll Assistant role with a well-established accountancy practice in Maidenhead? If you are, read on, because this may be exactly what you are looking for. Within this role you will be processing and servicing payroll clients, using IRIS Payroll Professional software.

This is a fantastic firm that will offer the successful candidate a competitive salary, depending upon experience, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, the opportunity to further develop skills, career progression and hybrid working.

Reporting to the Accounts & Outsourcing Partner your responsibilities will include:

• Communicate directly with clients on phone and email maintaining a polite manner at all times
• Liaise with partners and managers responsible for client immediately if problems arise, and ensure payrolls are prepared, run and paid by due dates
• Ensure payroll control sheets/workflow are maintained and kept up to date at all times
• In respect of payroll run, BACS payments for salaries and PAYE payments and ultimately billing the client
• Ensure month end payroll fee notes are prepared and dated in the month to which the payroll run belongs
• Devise systems and control checks for clients to improve payroll accuracy; encourage clients to use spreadsheets with control totals to allow software verification of data input
• Keep abreast of budget, minimum wage and year-end payroll changes and ensure software up to date in new payroll year
• Keep key staff informed when cover is required due to holiday absences from the office to ensure a seamless service is given to payroll clients and cover organised when away if necessary
• Develop relevant knowledge and skills through continued study and reading monthly PAYE circulars and HMRC website

Please do apply for this role if you have the following skills, experience and attributes:

• Previous payroll experience gained within practice or payroll bureau
• Be open to further learning through payroll courses and qualification
• Have an acute attention to detail
• Good general IT skills and familiarity with payroll software - experience of using IRIS Payroll Professional would be an advantage
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Submit your CV for this Payroll Assistant role

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications for this role from candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK, or require visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future. This includes those currently on a graduate visa.

Additionally, candidates must have experience gained within UK accountancy practice. We stipulate these criteria due to the high volume of applications from outside of the UK.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.