Payroll Assistant Manager Job in St Albans

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Payroll Assistant Manager Job in St Albans

Job Description
Newstaff Employment Services are recruiting for an experienced Assistant Payroll Manager to work closely with, and cover for the Payroll Manager, as and when required.

Main duties

Working alongside the Payroll Manager to help manage the team.
 Reviewing and processing fortnightly, monthly & quarterly client payrolls for various sized clients in a diverse range of industries.
Act as a technical lead and escalation point within the team for any unusual queries or issues. Awareness to know when a question should be referred to the partner or a specialist.
Ability to fully provide cover for payroll manager as necessary and act self sufficiently in managing the team and client delivery.
Support the Payroll Manager in ensuring policies and procedures are kept up to date and are being followed consistently across the team.
Be proactive in improving procedures and making the team as efficient as possible, always looking to raise the quality of the service delivered to clients. Acting as a technical champion within the team, reviewing our current use of software and technology, and helping build a roadmap for future enhancements and improvements.
Ensure clients are compliant with auto enrolment pension requirements and able to answer pension related questions from both the team and clients.
Support Payroll Manager in quoting for new work and meeting new clients, taking the lead in setting up all aspects of a new payroll.
Person Specification

Experience of supervising or managing a payroll team
Excellent technical knowledge (for example in relation to pensions, tax codes, PAYE, redundancies)
Excellent systems knowledge
Demonstrable evidence of dealing with clients and staff in a professional manner
Ability to problem solve and seek resolutions
Ability to take responsibility and ownership for own work as well as wider team
Good use of initiative
Excellent communication skills with different stakeholders – clients, staff, partners, team across different communication channels. Must have strong written and communication skills and able to review emails drafted by team
Equipment/Software Packages used

IRIS (STAR) payroll
Excel
Word
CCH Central

Qualifications/education required

Necessary qualifications will depend on experience but expectation of A level standard and payroll qualification favourable.
Experience required

3-5 years’ experience within a similar role
Experience and working knowledge of using payroll software, IRIS experience desirable
Working knowledge of Word and Excel
Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook
Understanding of how to manually calculate tax and NI and the impact of different tax codes
Understanding of statutory payments and how these are processed through payroll
Understanding of salary sacrifice payments.
Experience of Auto Enrolment and employer’s obligations
Experience setting up new PAYE schemes with HMRC
Particular aptitudes/ skills required

Attention to detail
Organised with the ability to meet strict deadlines
Logical and systematic approach
Highly Numerate
Strong communication skills
Computer Literate
Work on own initiative and a major team player
Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week.

Salary:  £40,000 pa to £50,000 pa depending on skills and experience + excellent benefits 

Interested?  Please call Anne Marie on (phone number removed) or email CV to

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: St Albans
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: St Albans
County: Hertfordshire
Country: United Kingdom
Salary: £40000 – £50000/annum Benefits
Benefits: Benefits