Payroll Administrator

Role overview

Valued is hiring a meticulous, people-oriented Payroll Administrator to support client payroll operations. The role sits at the centre of payroll delivery, with responsibility for ensuring employees are paid correctly and on schedule every time.

The company is open to either full-time working or a part-time schedule that better fits your lifestyle. Flexibility is important to the team, and they are keen to connect with strong candidates who need different working patterns.

Key responsibilities

• Run client payrolls accurately and within deadlines, covering weekly, fortnightly, and monthly pay cycles.
• Update payroll records for joiners, leavers, and employee changes, including statutory pay items such as SSP, SMP, and SPP.
• Send Real Time Information (RTI) submissions to HMRC.
• Process auto-enrolment pension submissions and handle related employee communication.
• Answer payroll questions from clients and their employees in a prompt, clear, and courteous manner.

What the role requires

• Solid, practical payroll experience is essential, as this is the main focus of the position.
• Demonstrated ability to manage payroll end to end, ideally with systems such as Brightpay, Sage Payroll, or comparable software.
• Comfort using cloud-based accounting tools; experience with Xero would be particularly valuable.
• A careful, organised working style with strong attention to detail.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, since you will deal directly with clients.
• The ability to organise your own workload and hit deadlines without close day-to-day supervision.
• Experience in a practice or bureau setting would be beneficial.
• Exposure to auto-enrolment pension providers such as NEST, People's Pension, or Smart Pension would be an advantage.
• Understanding of CIS (Construction Industry Scheme) is also desirable.

Benefits

• Expected salary of about £28,500 FTE, depending on experience.
• Hybrid arrangement with 3 days per week in the Durham office and 2 days working from home.
• Full-time and part-time hours are both open for consideration.
• Service days: extra leave that increases as your time with Valued grows.
• Life moment holiday to support important personal occasions.
• Employer pension contributions.

Additional information

This role is based in Durham, England, United Kingdom. The position is office-based for part of the week under a hybrid working model.

The role is open to candidates seeking either full-time or part-time hours.