Payroll Administrator and Bookkeeper

Full-time, Permanent, 37 hours per week
Location: West Point, Mucklow Office Park, Mucklow Hill, Halesowen

Are you a proactive, hardworking and confident person, with a keen interest in accountancy and business? Would you like to work for an established, forward thinking and growing firm of accountants, who will encourage and support your personal development and training and give you the opportunity for career progression? If so, then we are looking to recruit talented individuals to join our team.

The primary role will be payroll, with bookkeeping in the quieter times of the month.

This job will include:

·      Preparation and administration of weekly and monthly payrolls.

·       Administration of PAYE, National Insurance deductions based on individual allowances.

·       Processing mandatory deductions of student loans, SSP, SMP SAP, SPP, court orders and other legislative responsibilities.

·       Administration of pension schemes and pension auto-enrolment, incentive schemes, bonuses and ex-gratia and termination payments.

·       Liaise with HMRC regarding PAYE / NIC queries.

·       Submission of annual reporting and tasks including final full payment summary (FPS), production of employee P60 forms, earlier year update (EYU)

·       Employer Payment Summary (EPS) to reclaim statutory payment and construction industry scheme (CIS) suffered, pay apprenticeship levy and claim employers’ allowances.

·       Pension deductions and employee pension correspondence and maintenance of pension portals.

·       Bank, sales, purchase, and nominal ledger postings.

·       Bank reconciliations.

·       VAT returns/reconciliation/reporting.

·       Reconciliations of control accounts (including debtors, creditors, payroll, VAT, PAYE/NIC and other payroll related controls.

·       Preparations of month end/year-end adjustments including prepayments, accruals, deferred income.

·       Preparation and posting of normal ledger journals.

·       Production of monthly management accounts, as required.

Skills required:

•       Good organisational skills.

·       A methodical and attention to detail approach

·       Confident telephone manner.

•       Ability to manage time, prioritise work and monitor and manage deadlines.

You will have:

•       Experience with PayCircle, Sage payroll or similar cloud-based payroll software.

•       Good Knowledge of Xero/ Sage software.

•       AAT level 4 qualified (or relevant bookkeeping experience).

•       Experience with Microsoft Excel and Word.

•       Previous payroll and bookkeeping experience: min 3 years.

Staff Benefits:

·       Flexible working hours

·       Free onsite parking

·       Unique study support packages

·       Training opportunities provided

·       Social events

·       Progression opportunities

·       Competitive salary and holidays

·       Fantastic working environment