Payroll Administrator

Job description

Payroll Administrator

£29,000 - £36k + Bonus

4 days a week office, 1 day from home

Permanent and Full Time

Payroll Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate employee records and enter new starter details into the payroll system.
• Manage the payroll process for employees joining and leaving the organisation, ensuring all relevant documentation is completed correctly.
• Produce and distribute statutory payroll documentation, including P45s and P60s.
• Complete right-to-work and employment eligibility checks for new employees.
• Support the end-to-end processing of multiple weekly payrolls covering a large and diverse employee population.
• Prepare payroll journals and ensure payroll information is accurately transferred to the relevant finance systems.
• Investigate and reconcile payroll and salary-related discrepancies, working closely with Finance where required.
• Calculate and process a range of payroll adjustments, including statutory leave, sickness payments, pension deductions and other employee changes.
• Ensure payroll activity complies with current legislation and statutory reporting obligations, including Real Time Information (RTI).
• Communicate with HMRC and other relevant external bodies regarding payroll and employee matters.
• Prepare pension and auto-enrolment data and submit required information to external pension providers.
• Review employee timesheets, investigate anomalies and make appropriate amendments ahead of payroll deadlines.
• Use Excel to analyse payroll and timesheet information, producing reports to identify trends, discrepancies and areas requiring attention.
• Work collaboratively with Finance and other internal teams to resolve payroll issues and ensure accurate and timely processing.
• Provide ongoing support throughout the weekly payroll cycle, helping to ensure all deadlines and controls are met.
• Respond to employee payroll queries professionally and efficiently, providing clear guidance by phone and email.
• Maintain accurate payroll records and complete associated administrative tasks as required.

About the Candidate

• Highly organised and able to manage competing priorities within a fast-paced payroll environment.
• Reliable, adaptable and comfortable working to strict and recurring deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail with a methodical approach to processing and checking information.
• Confident communicator, able to build effective working relationships with employees, colleagues and external contacts.
• Self-motivated with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
• Comfortable working independently while also contributing effectively within a close-knit team.
• Demonstrates sound judgement and knows when to escalate issues or seek additional support.
• Resilient and able to remain accurate and focused when working under pressure.
• Strong commitment to delivering accurate, confidential and timely payroll services.

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist payroll, HR & Reward recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Central Bedfordshire

Type of Contract

Full Time Jobs

Published at

05-09-2026

Profession type

Technical

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English