Payroll & Benefits Assistant
Location: City of London (EC2)
Salary: £40,000 + discretionary bonus
Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days in the office
Contract: Permanent
System: Workday (essential)
💡 The Role
A fantastic opportunity for a UK in-house payroll professional to step into a Payroll & Benefits-focused role within a professional services environment. This position blends hands-on payroll, benefits administration, and reward/HR project exposure, including engagement and recognition initiatives.
📌 Key Responsibilities
Process monthly UK payroll for 600+ employees via Workday
End-to-end payroll administration (starters, leavers, SSP, SMP, SPP, SAP, ShPP, pensions & auto-enrolment)
RTI submissions, payroll journals, reconciliations (PAYE & NI)
Month-end and year-end processes including P60s
Manage payroll, pension and benefits providers and invoices
Respond to payroll & benefits queries with a high level of service
Maintain data integrity across payroll and HR systems
Support monthly and annual benefit reconciliations
Update benefits platform content and documentation
👤 What They’re Looking For
Proven experience in a UK payroll & benefits role
Strong Excel skills and confidence working with data
Workday experience is essential
Professional services or partnership environment desirable
Highly organised, proactive and detail-focused
Comfortable handling confidential data with integrity
Interested? Apply today! 🌟
JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, 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
