Accounts and Payroll Officer

Accounts and Payroll Officer - Thurrock - £26k - £30k per annum

The Role

To provide support to a variety of areas of the business including undertaking accounting administrative tasks such as reconciliations, checking receipts, goods in invoices, maintaining various administrative databases and sage along with conducting monthly payroll support for the company.

Responsibilities

• Extracting Data from various sources to compile payroll
• Checking payroll data and updating employee payroll input
• Providing TYE (Tax Year End) data for company payrolls weekly/monthly
• Updating Tax Code Changes
• Calculating Auto Enrolment and Company Pension Scheme Payments
• Processing Company Auto Enrolment and Company Pension Scheme Payments
• Writing letters to employees who are joining the pension scheme
• Re-Enrolment of pension administration management
• Responsible for processing statutory payments such as SMP, SSP, SPP
• Responsible for calculating and managing deductions such as AEO, DEO, CM etc.
• Monitoring daily communications and answering any queries
• Ensuring payment amounts and records are correct
• Working with spreadsheets and financial software
• Ensuring that ledgers are up to date and outstanding payments are followed up
• Recording financial transactions and balance sheets
• Undertaking Accounting duties of an administrative nature, eg, liaising with customers and suppliers via phone and email.
• Creating Invoices and Credit Notes
• Updating Journals
• Supporting the Accounts team with administrative tasks
• Undertaking customer due diligence checks and background checks in line with company Anti Money Laundering Policies
• Supporting the company in monitoring Escrow accounts
• Checking Duties and VAT calculations

Essential Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with attention to detail
• Planning and Organisational Skills
• The ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Ability to use handheld devices and the use of other computerised equipment

Benefits

• Salary £26,000 - £30,000 per annum depending on experience
• Free on-site parking
• 28 days annual leave
• 4 times death in service
• Company Pension Scheme above that of Statutory requirements
• Fresh modern offices

Please contact Sophie Barnes for any queries at One to One Personnel