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Temporary Senior Payroll Administrator

🏢 Cintra HR & Payroll Services 📍 Remote 💼 Company - Private

Currency:

£32 - £32

£3 - £3 / mo

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Transatlantic Cost of Living & Purchasing Power Benchmark

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Location Base

Remote

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

Single tax filer baseline

Transatlantic Parity

1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

Direct corporate benchmark

Position Overview & Specifications

Description

We are looking for a UK based, remote Temporary Senior Payroll Administrator to join our team.

Working in a team of 9 (Manager and 8 Payroll Administrators) and using IRIS Payrite Payroll Software, the department provides bureau payroll service to approximately 230 clients consisting of both schools and companies. On a monthly and weekly basis, the department produces around 12,000 payslips.

This is a temporary role which we anticipate will continue for approximately three months.

This position has an earning potential of up to £32.00 per hour depending on experience.

Key Responsibilities

Manage a portfolio of 25-30 clients across multiple pay deadlines processing c2000 employees in total.

Process all payrolls from start to finish:

Starters, Leavers and Permanent data changes
Process variable data from clients
Manage multiple deadlines for variable data and manage the client throughout the pay cycle
Audit and check payroll
Report processing and sending to clients for sign off
Send reports and payslips to clients
Produce BACS payment schedule and forward to BACS officer
Liaise with client and dealing with salary queries
Completing complex monthly/annual pension returns
Dealing with queries with pensions administrators / HM Revenue & Customs
Processing forms P45/P46/P6/P9
Processing and calculating statutory payments such as SMP, SSP etc.
Ability to manually calculate pro-rata payments such as holiday pay, hourly/daily rates of pay etc.
Monitoring multiple deadlines such as pensions, payrolls, HMRC etc.
Working within current statutory legislation
Signing off checklist, ensuring timely payroll processes within the department
Ability to work within a team
Ad hoc tasks as required

Assisting your team members with:

Report writing within payroll software
Assisting other team members to resolve PAYE/NIC queries
Assisting other team members to resolve complex client queries
Liaising directly with HMRC to resolve queries
Providing backup support to the team in the absence of the payroll manager
Preparation of BACS files

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You will have:

Experience of running payrolls for a portfolio of clients
An in depth understanding of statutory payroll legislation
Outstanding attention to detail

You will be:

Able to manually calculate tax and national insurance
Numerate and computer literate
Able to work under pressure and to strict deadlines

You will ideally have:

IRIS Payrite Payroll Software experience

About Payroll Software & Services Group

Formed in 2019, the PSSG specialises in providing software and outsourcing solutions for HR, Payroll and Business Support in the UK, Ireland and International markets.

Payroll pays people what they are due, accurately and on time and forms the base of all employee/employer relationships. HR supports, trains and develops people, to allow businesses to get the best from their people and maintain a happy working environment.

With over 220 employees and offices in the UK and Ireland, the PSSG is a rapidly growing, agile Company with financial investment from private equity house, Tenzing. It's a hugely exciting time to join the PSSG with many opportunities for career development and progression.

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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Hiring Organization

Cintra HR & Payroll Services

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Location: Remote

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