Payroll Assistant - 12 month FTC

Payroll Assistant - 12 month FTC

Full Time 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday

Due to internal progression, we are looking for a Payroll Assistant on a FTC maternity cover basis for 12 months, to support the payroll team in processing monthly and weekly payroll for all ACH employees. 

Benefits for a Payroll Assistant

Bi-Annual retention bonus

24 days annual leave 

Group life assurance 3 x basic salary

Pension 4% employer 5% employees

Online access to payslips, book and view holidays and personal info

Access to the Ainscough Advantage (People Value) benefits platform

Responsibilities

• Processing high volume payrolls
• Calculating and processing SMP, SPP and SSP payments
• Resolving queries from employees and their managers
• Acting as the first point of contact for payroll systems issues
• Handling systems problems, queries and discrepancies
• Processing P45’s
• Processing BACS payments
• Creating and updating spreadsheets
• Year-end payroll and issuing of P60s

Knowledge & Experience

• Processing payroll would be advantageous, but not essential
• Strong administration and organisational skills
• High level of attention to detail
• Excellent Microsoft office skills particularly in Excel
• Great communication skills
• IT literate – comfortable using a range of systems

Person Specification

• Team Player
• Open to learning
• Ability to learn and apply technical knowledge
• Good communicator
• Essential Maths & English grade 4 or above (or equivalent)