Finance Assistant / Payroll Officer

• United Kingdom / South East / Oxfordshire

To support the Financial Controller and work alongside the existing Finance Assistant to:

1. Process supplier invoices and payments in a timely manner and in accordance with company policies
2. Allocate customer receipts to sales ledger accounts
3. Carry out bank reconciliation
4. Process accruals and prepayments
5. Record Fixed Asset additions and disposals
6. Process staff expense claims in accordance with company policies
7. Produce regular and ad-hoc reports primarily using Excel

To be responsible for the UK payroll including:

1. Timely and accurate end-to-end processing of payroll including: overtime, starters/leavers, journals, month end, year end (P11d), holiday calculations, pension payments, resolving pay queries and dealing with external agencies including HMRC
2. Ensure legal compliance across both internal payroll and outsourced IR35 payroll functions, ensuring implementation of effective controls and procedures
3. Continuous improvement of all payroll processes and work in conjunction with HR to identify a suitable replacement system to the one in use
4. Ensure that robust procedures are in place and that these are regularly monitored and adhered to, including authorisation on all documentation
5. Analytical review of payroll system reports and timesheet data collection to check consistency and accuracy

Other:

1. Maintain confidentiality and data security standards
2. Support all internal and external audits
3. Perform other ad hoc tasks as required

Benefits:

• Private Medical Insurance at Single, Partner and Family levels
• Non Contributory Pension Scheme
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing by 1 day per year of service up to a cap of 30

Qualifications and Experience:

1. Recently qualified / finalist AAT
2. Specific Payroll qualification
3. Experience of working within an SME environment and a small team
4. Experience of managing a UK payroll via a bureau including administration, coordination and reporting
5. Experience of payroll system from ADP and system change management would be an advantage but not a requirement

Skills and Abilities:

1. Attention to detail and accuracy
2. Willingness to provide support to others when needed
3. Knowledge of Microsoft packages, specifically Excel and Teams
4. Strong communication skills both verbally and in writing
5. Willingness to problem solve and get stuck in
6. Prepared to travel if required to other UK offices