Payroll Assistant

The Opportunity

Alexander Lloyd are seeking a Payroll Administrator to join a supportive and developing payroll team. This role would suit someone with previous payroll, finance or administration experience, or an individual looking to build a long-term career in payroll with strong organisational skills and a willingness to learn.

This is initially a support-based position, with responsibilities increasing in line with business needs and your professional development. Full training will be provided where required.

During Year 1, you will be based in Crawley with hybrid working arrangements. Following an office relocation, the role will move to Hove (hybrid working will continue).

Key Responsibilities

The payroll team is responsible for the accurate and timely delivery of weekly and monthly payrolls.

Duties may include:

• Supporting the administration of weekly and monthly payrolls
• Calculating, processing and recording holiday pay and sick pay
• Assisting with payroll reporting and finance-related support
• Handling pay queries professionally and confidentially from colleagues, senior managers, unions and external bodies
• Processing and administering expense claims
• Communicating deductions (e.g. pensions, trade union subscriptions, Attachment of Earnings Orders) to the relevant payroll function
• Managing the colleague train pass process
• Ensuring pension changes are accurately processed and checked
• Maintaining compliance with statutory requirements and internal policies

Responsibilities will grow as your knowledge, skills and confidence develop.

About You

You will ideally have:

• Previous experience in payroll, finance or administration (desirable but not essential)
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Strong attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
• Confident communication skills, with the ability to liaise at all levels
• A proactive and self-motivated approach
• The ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
• Flexibility to work additional hours when required to meet payroll deadlines

This is an excellent opportunity to develop or further your career in payroll within a supportive and collaborative environment.

Alexander Lloyd is the leading recruiter across a range of roles within the Finance and Accountancy space. From part to fully qualified accountants within Financial Reporting, Management Accounts, FP&A, commercial finance up to Director level throughout Surrey, Sussex, London & Kent.

Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from one of our consultants you have not been shortlisted for this role. Please continue to check our website www.alexanderlloyd.co.uk for any other roles which may be of interest.