Part Time Payroll Assistant

This is a part-time payroll role with real room to grow. The firm is bringing a large block of payroll work back in-house and has won a number of new clients, so the department is steadily expanding. You'll work closely with the payroll manager, with genuine scope to increase your hours if desired, as the team grows.

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• Looking for payroll work on a part-time basis
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• Excellent organisational skills — comfortable with fast-paced bureau-style processing for multiple clients
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This is a well-established, independently owned firm of accountants with offices across the North West of England, offering accountancy, tax and commercial business advisory services. It has built its reputation on genuine, hands-on involvement in clients' affairs, and offers a broad enough range of specialist services.

The firm's payroll function is in active growth mode. A significant number of payrolls previously handled offshore are being brought back in-house, and the team has just acquired a wave of new clients. This role has been created to support the payroll manager directly, cover annual leave and non-working days, and give the department the capacity it needs to keep growing.

Payroll Processing

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• Processing payrolls of up to 80 payslips per run, covering new starters, leavers, sickness, statutory leave and timecard entries
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• Carrying out national minimum wage checks and other routine payroll compliance checks
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• Supporting the onboarding of new payrolls, including migration onto the firm's cloud payroll software
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Pensions & Compliance

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• Managing monthly pension uploads, including reconciling and authorising payments ahead of provider deadlines
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• Working across several major pension providers and schemes, including differing taxability options
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• Keeping payroll practice aligned with Pensions Regulator requirements and GDPR obligations
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Client & Stakeholder Support

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• Handling day-to-day payroll queries from internal colleagues and external clients by phone, email and in person
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• Working alongside client managers on queries and changes affecting client payrolls
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• Providing day-off and holiday cover within the payroll team as needed
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• At least 2 years' payroll experience
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• Up to date knowledge of current PAYE, pension and GDPR legislation
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• Familiarity with pension providers and the schemes they operate, including taxability options
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• Desirable: working knowledge of HR/payroll-adjacent legislation such as holiday entitlement, enhanced pay and redundancy, and experience processing director payrolls
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• Able to work Tuesdays as a fixed day, with flexibility on hours and additional days by agreement
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• At least 2 years' payroll experience
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• Up to date knowledge of current PAYE, pension and GDPR legislation
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• Familiarity with pension providers and the schemes they operate, including taxability options
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• Desirable: working knowledge of HR/payroll-adjacent legislation such as holiday entitlement, enhanced pay and redundancy, and experience processing director payrolls
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• Able to work Tuesdays as a fixed day, with flexibility on hours and additional days by agreement
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Benefits: Competitive part-time package including 25 days' holiday (FTE, inclusive of the Christmas/New Year office closure), an extra day off for your birthday, an additional day after 3 years' service (up to a maximum of 30), dress-down Fridays, a smart business-casual dress code, regular team socials, private medical insurance after 2 years' service, and a staff incentive scheme rewarding involvement in new business and cross-firm introductions.

Progression: Initial hours of 15–22.5 per week, with the potential to increase as the payroll department continues to grow.

The above vacancy is only one of many that I am handling. Vaisto Recruitment specialises in contract and permanent vacancies within the practice market, including:

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• Audit Partner / Audit Director / Audit Associate Director / Audit Manager / Audit Senior / Audit Associate / Audit Semi Senior
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• Business Services Partner / Business Services Director / Business Services Manager / Business Services Associate / Accounts Senior / Accounts Associate
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• Tax Partner / Tax Director / Tax Manager / Tax Senior Manager / Tax Senior / Tax Semi Senior
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• Accounts Partner / Accounts Director / Accounts Manager / Accounts Senior / Accounts Semi Senior
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• Corporate Finance Partner / Corporate Finance Director / Corporate Finance Manager / Corporate Finance Executive / Corporate Finance Senior M&A
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• Payroll Bureau
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• Practice Managers
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