Title: UK Payroll Analyst

Salary: £34,000 plus discretionary bonus

Location: Aberdeen (AB15 8PU), Stirling (FK7 7WT), Glasgow (G3 8HB), Edinburgh (EH2 3ES) or Leeds (LS1 2JG)

Hybrid: 1 day from home per week

Contract: Permanent

Team size: 88 in the team

Start date: ASAP

2 stage interview process

• 1st – Teams
• 2nd – face to face

What they want:

• Excellent communication skills
• 2 years client payroll experience

We are seeking an experienced Payroll Analyst to join our payroll team. In this role you will have a lead role in the building and maintaining of client relationships whilst being actively involved in the day-to-day planning, processing and development of the team. If you are a motivated self-starter, then this is a fantastic career opportunity to develop your skills.

Main tasks include:

• Be actively involved in the timing and managing of your clients and ensure that client process manuals are being followed and achieved
• Process payrolls and supervise resources to ensure timely completion of all tasks to agreed deadlines and standards, monitoring Bureau Management System daily
• Run Payroll projects and drive efficiencies, identifying, developing and implementing process improvements in conjunction with the wider team as part of the firm’s commitment to continuous improvement
• Build and maintain client relationships for a portfolio of clients - process, monitor recoveries and resolve fee queries
• In conjunction with the Manager identify training needs and participate in Team development, coaching and training
• Actively participate in the daily supervision of the Team, providing clear guidance and instruction, holding team accountable and providing motivational and developmental feedback regularly
• Deal with all payroll correspondence related to your clients and ensure client queries are dealt with in a timely way
• Ensure Employer and Employee enquiries are monitored and actioned within agreed timescales, escalating to Assistant Managers when appropriate
• Lead implementations, controlling the end to end implementation process for allocated new clients
• Develop and maintain an understanding of pensions set up and administration

Requirements for the role:

• Experience working in a similar role
• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong communication skills – both written and oral
• Experience of working to tight deadlines
• Ability to work well as part of a team
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Highly numerate with keen attention to detail
• Good team player with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels