• Remote working
• Competitive salary
• Additional benefits

Trinity House Group are working with a large, private equity backed company to recruit a payroll assistant on a remote working basis. As part of a busy inhouse payroll function, the Payroll Assistant is responsible for assisting the department in performing tasks such as maintaining accurate employee records, calculating and processing payroll adjustments, and responding to employee inquiries.   They maintain databases, co-ordinate with different departments, handle tax forms and other paperwork, establish schedules, process deductions, and prepare regular reports. The job requires strong attention to detail and adherence to payroll and employment regulations and policies. Duties

• Assist with processing of our Group monthly payrolls.
• Maintain payroll processing system and records by gathering, calculating, and inputting data.
• Able to manually calculate and estimate employee take-home pay based on time records, benefits, and employment taxes.
• Experience with capturing and processing HMRC notifications (tax codes, national insurance, student loans etc).
• Resolve payroll discrepancies by collecting data and analysing information.
• Responds to staff questions/queries relating to payments, deductions and/or time/attendance/allowance records.
• Liaise with HR to ensure accurate data transfer of new starter, change and leaver details.
• Ensure changes to employee records that could affect payroll calculations are identified and actioned accordingly.
• Adheres to our payroll policies and procedures and complies with relevant legislation.
• Honours confidentiality of employees' pay records.
• Completes payroll reports for record-keeping purposes or managerial review.
• Any other analytical or processing tasks deemed necessary by Payroll Supervisor.
• Liaise with external consultants to provide non-UK salary information. Reconcile and approve non-UK processed calculations, payments, and reporting, under supervision and support as required.
• Issue monthly employee payslips and P45 as required and generate monthly BACs files for Payroll Supervisor approval for bank upload.
• Ensure personal CPD of employment legislation and taxation.

Knowledge, skills, and expertise

• Logical and mathematical approach.
• Competent in Microsoft Excel workbooks and spreadsheets
• Written and verbal communication skills.
• Organised with a high attention to detail.
• Follows instruction.
• Capable of working with minimal supervision.
• Basic understanding of employment taxation and procedures.
• Familiar with BIK and other wage deductions.
• Able to work to pre-set deadlines.

Key performance indicators

• Accurate payroll payments processed on time.
• Timely resolution of received payroll queries.