Payroll Senior (Bury St Edmunds)

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We are seeking to recruit an experienced Payroll Senior in the Payroll team in Bury St Edmunds. This is ideally a full-time position of 5 days/37.5 hours per week, but we would also consider part-time of 4 days/30 hours per week. The role can be combined with an element of home-working under the firm's agile working policy. Our modern, purpose built Bury St Edmunds office is based in the picturesque rural location of Fornham All Saints.

About the team

In this varied role you will be working within a small, busy team, running multiple payrolls for a wide range of clients who operate in sectors such as manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, professional services and retail. We run more than 300 payrolls, ranging from single director companies up to around two hundred employees.

About the role

This is a role with real scope to further develop your existing payroll skills.

Responsibilities will include:

• End to end payroll processing for a range of clients
• BACs payment processing
• Direct client contact
• Payroll query resolution
• Deadline management

Essential skills required:

• Able to work in an accurate, diligent and methodical manner with excellent attention to detail
• Able to manage multiple priorities at the same time
• Competent in use of IT, especially MS Office (Word, Excel)
• High level understanding and practical application of all areas of end-to-end payroll (minimum 2 years of experience) including:
  • Auto-enrolment pensions
  • Statutory payments
  • Holiday pay legislation
  • Minimum wage legislation
  • HMRC and RTI legislation
  • Directors' payments
• Basic HR/employment law awareness
• Previous significant payroll administration experience and knowledge of payroll processing.Experience should be in multiple payrolls and/or payrolls of significant size/complexity
• Good organisational skills, accuracy and attention to detail
• Clear and effective communication skills - telephone, letter and e-mail writing
• Good oral communication skills in order to speak with a wide range of internal and external contacts
• Self-motivated and able to work without supervision, whilst also working well within a team environment
• Positive approach to problem solving
• Confident when interacting with clients and third parties
• Flexible and adaptable
• Ability to judge and identify situations to bring to manager's attention
• Able to keep sensitive information confidential
• Full UK driving licence and own transport

Desirable skills and experience:

• Previous experience in a UK practice/professional services environment

• CIPP certificates / Foundation degree in payroll management
• Experience of any or all of the following:
  • Star/IRIS Payroll Professional
  • Sage payroll
  • HMRC Basic Tools
  • BACS processing (in particular, use of PT-X)
• Experience with CCH suite

The package includes:

The role offers a great opportunity to gain experience within a prestigious team that has gained significant recognition. Ensors has been shortlisted for 'Pensions Accountancy Firm of the Year' at the 2024 Pensions Age Awards. The firm was also shortlisted at the Central & East Insider Dealmaker Awards in 2024, 2023, and won Deal of the Year in 2022. Ensors also secured 1st place in the Experian 2020 Corporate Finance Adviser League Table. See more on our website here.

We offer an attractive salary with many benefits in a friendly working environment. We have an extensive in-house training programme for all staff. Read more about working at Ensors here.

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