Payroll Technician

This is a permanent opportunity within a fun, fast-paced recruitment firm.

About the Company

Protocol is a top-tier recruitment company specialising in the Education, Skills, and Training sectors. With over 29 years in the industry, we ve built a strong brand that s widely recognised and respected. We're passionate about growth both ours and yours. Our people are our greatest asset, and we offer a range of training and development opportunities to support your career journey with us.

Job Description

As a Payroll Technician, you ll be part of our dynamic Payroll Team, working alongside an established Finance Department in a collaborative, supportive environment. If you thrive on managing payrolls with precision, developing and improving systems, working independently and enjoy tackling new challenges in a lively workplace, this role could be your perfect fit.

The key responsibilities of the role will include but are not limited to:

Payroll Processing: Handle diverse payrolls on a weekly and monthly basis, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
Data Reporting: Generate and maintain payroll-related reports, providing critical insights to relevant business stakeholders.
Pension Management: Manage workplace pensions, from calculations to communications, making sure everything runs smoothly.
Payment Management: Oversee BACS processes, ensuring all payments are on time and accurate.
Statutory Calculations: Calculate statutory payments such as SSP and SMP, keeping us fully compliant.
Customer Care: Address payroll-related queries with professionalism and care.
Collaborative Teamwork: Work closely with Finance, Compliance, and other departments to keep processes streamlined.
Additional Tasks: Contribute to other payroll projects as needed.
Process Management: Ability to review and improve processes.

About You

To succeed in this role, you ll ideally bring:

Must have:

Strong interpersonal skills with clear, effective communication abilities.

Advanced Excel skills and comfort working with complex data.
Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail.

Experience managing different types of payrolls salaried, timesheet-based, weekly, and monthly.

Knowledge of various payroll systems.

Proven ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and manage workload effectively.

Experience of working in a recruitment / employment business or other professional service.

What's on Offer

A fantastic opportunity to shape and help drive the business forward.

Option to work a 4 day working week
Salary of £28,000-£32,000 DOE per annum.
25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
Health care plans Bupa & Wellbeing app, including employee assistance programme and 1:1 fitness and lifestyle coaching.
Payday breakfast.
Birthday day-off.
Fridge Fridays (a choice of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks available).
Casual dress code.
Flexible holiday options buy or sell holidays
Discounted gym memberships.

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