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Job Role: Senior Payroll Executive
Location: Newbury, Berkshire
Salary: £28-35k depending on experience
Hybrid working can be applied for after 3 months (50/50)
Full time, Permanent

As the Senior Payroll Executive working for this award winning accounting practice in Newbury you will be responsible for the day to day administration of a portfolio of Small to Medium sized client payrolls, including RTI submissions and year end process.

Job role:

• Run weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly and annual frequencies with differing levels of complexity.
• Use knowledge of PAYE/NIC and statutory absence payments, for example, SMP,SAP, SPP, SHPP, SPBP and SSP
• Process employee and employer pension contributions and subsequent submission to the Pension Provider of multiple and varying types of Pension Schemes
• Processing Payrolled BIK’s, Salary Sacrifice Schemes, Flexible Benefits and Stocks, Shares & ESPP
• Proactively keep up to date with Payroll legislation and compliance

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

• Must have at least 5-6 years+ experience, this is essential
• Working knowledge of STAR/IRIS Payroll Professional would be preferred but not essential
• Working knowledge of PayCircle would be great but not essential
• Working knowledge of QTAC ad HMRC Basic Tools would be great but not essential
• Have obtained CIPP Qualification or equivalent
• Have excellent or advanced Microsoft Excel skills (VLOOKUP, PIVOT Tables, Text to Columns etc.)
• Full complete understanding of Statutory Deductions, Payments and Calculations
• Full complete understanding of Auto Enrolment Rules & Regulations
• Customer focused and a can do attitude is a must
• Experience of liaising with HMRC
• Use own initiative to resolve issues and assist teams members where possible
• Experience of organising own work and strong ability to prioritise
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail and high accuracy
• Have excellent teamwork skills