Are you an experienced payroll professional looking for a role where you can take ownership of your work, build strong client relationships and enjoy genuine flexibility around your working week?
Our client is a well-established professional services firm with a small, friendly team of around 26 people and a supportive, family-oriented culture. They are looking for an experienced Senior Payroll Administrator to manage a portfolio of client payrolls from start to finish.
This is a great opportunity for someone with strong technical payroll knowledge who enjoys client contact and wants a role with plenty of responsibility, but with the flexibility to work reduced hours.
The Role
You’ll take responsibility for managing client payrolls from start to finish, providing an accurate, responsive and professional service while ensuring deadlines are consistently met.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing a portfolio of client payrolls from start to finish
- Processing payrolls accurately and efficiently across multiple deadlines
- Acting as a key point of contact for clients, responding to queries and providing payroll guidance
- Ensuring payrolls comply with current UK legislation
- Keeping up to date with legislative changes and advising clients where relevant
- Liaising with HMRC, pension providers and other third parties as required
- Managing payroll records and ensuring information is accurate and up to date
- Building strong, trusted relationships with clients
- Working collaboratively with colleagues across the wider team
About You
You’ll be an experienced payroll professional who is comfortable taking ownership of a busy client portfolio and managing competing deadlines.
You’ll ideally bring:
- Strong end-to-end payroll experience
- Good technical knowledge of UK payroll legislation
- Experience working with multiple client payrolls, ideally within an accountancy practice, payroll bureau or similar environment
- Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
- Confidence communicating directly with clients
- Strong organisational and time-management skills
- The ability to manage multiple deadlines independently
- A proactive and helpful approach to client service
- Experience of BrightPay would be beneficial, but isn’t essential
The Flexibility
This is a 28-hour-per-week role, equivalent to four days of a standard 35-hour working week.
There is flexibility around how you work those hours. You could work four days per week, or spread your hours across five shorter days if that suits you better.
The role is predominantly office-based in the Tonbridge area with one day per week available to work from home.
Salary & benefits
- £30,000–£35,000 actual salary for 28 hours (£37,500–£43,750 FTE)
- 28 hours per week, worked over four or five days
- One day per week working from home
- 25 days’ holiday FTE plus bank holidays
- Holiday buy-back scheme
- Free onsite parking
- Small, friendly team
- Supportive, family-oriented working environment
If you’re an experienced payroll professional looking for a role where you can use your expertise, build strong client relationships and work in a genuinely flexible way, we’d love to hear from you.
*Full time equivalent – actual salary will depend on hours worked
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