Armstrong Watson Hiring for Payroll Administrator Job at Carlisle, England Full Time

About Armstrong Watson LLP

As an expanding business with 17 offices at present, Armstrong Watson LLP is a leading independent accountancy firm ranked in the top 30 firms of accountants and business advisers.

With approximately 420 colleagues, our people and our culture are at the heart of what we do. We recognise the unique impact our employees have on not only our clients, but also our colleagues and the communities in which we operate in. Our success is dependent on every colleague behaving consistently across all four of our values: Passion, Trust, Honesty and Humanity.

The Role

We now have an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join our Payroll Bureau and become part of an enthusiastic and high performing team whose aim is to provide the best payroll service to our clients.

The successful candidate will be based at our Head Office, in Carlisle.

Working primarily with our payroll clients to process their payrolls, you will also work with colleagues within the immediate payroll onboarding and processing teams at Armstrong Watson. Alongside this you will liaise with colleagues throughout the wider business in a number of service-lines to offer technical support on payroll legislation.

The overall purpose of this role is to process payrolls accurately on behalf of our clients in a timely and professional manner.

• This role would allow you to develop your career within payroll where you can work alongside a personal development program to help you achieve your career aspirations.
• The main elements of this role will include but not be limited to:
• Processing multiple payrolls with different pay frequencies accurately and on time.
• Full responsibility for the end to end payroll processing for your own portfolio of client payrolls.
• Training more junior members of the team and delegating relevant duties when required.
• Identifying methods of making payroll processing more efficient and recommending changes to the Payroll Manager.
• Assisting Managers with HMRC queries / investigations if required.
• Ensuring client and employee records are kept up to date.
• Dealing with a range of queries from clients, HMRC and internal colleagues in a polite and professional manner.
• Keeping up to date with CPD and any changes to legislation.

The Candidate

In order to fulfil the role, we expect you to be:

Qualifications / Experience

• Able to evidence working in a Payroll based role for a minimum of 2 years (essential)
• Experienced working within a Payroll Bureau environment (desirable)
• Experienced working within an Accounting practice environment previously (desirable)

Personal Attributes / Skills

• Comfortable working within a fast paced working environment
• A dedicated team player and willing to assist colleagues within the team where possible
• A good problem solver and have excellent attention to detail
• Able to prioritise workloads under strict deadlines and work well under pressure
• Able to demonstrate initiative and contribute ways in which current processes can be made more effective for the team and clients.

If you are successful (and you haven’t completed previously) you would be required to complete a payroll qualification following 12 months of service with the firm. You must complete either the Payroll Technician Certificate via our chosen online provider (which takes up to 12 months to complete) or the Foundation Degree in Payroll Management (which is a 3 year academic course).

The Benefits

In return for your hard work helping us shape our future growth and development; we will provide a competitive salary and a positive benefits package which includes:

• 3.1% Employer Contribution Pension Scheme including Life Cover and Income Protection
• Enhanced Annual Leave which will increase throughout your length of service and option an Annual Leave Purchase Scheme allowing you to buy up to 5 additional days annual leave each year
• Flexible & Smart Working – giving you the ability to balance home-working, office location etc.
• Life Cover of 4x your salary
• Health Shield Cash Plan (provides cash back on a range of Health benefits and discounts on fashion, entertainment, holidays etc)
• Introductory Commission Scheme (financial reward if you refer a new client)
• Employee Assistance Programme (confidential support for emotional wellbeing)
• Employee Referral Scheme (financial reward if you refer new AW colleagues) of up to £2,000
• Detailed and thorough on-the-job training
• Reviews and appraisals with your management team to ensure regular communication and providing you with a platform to enhance your career

In addition to all the benefits you would expect from an award winning employer, you will be given the utmost encouragement and support to develop your career further.

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