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Payroll Administrator

  • Location: Lancashire
  • Salary: Up to £20.10 per hour per hour
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted about 1 month ago

  • Sector: Defence & Aerospace
  • Contact: Lauren Morley
  • Contact Email: l.morley@jamrecruitment.co.uk
  • Duration: 18 Months
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Client: BAE Systems
  • Expiry Date: 18 September 2024
  • Job Ref: BBBH82952_1723023132

Payroll Administrator

Preston based (Hybrid - 2 days per week on site)

£20.10 an hour Umbrella Inside IR35

12 Month Contract initially.



This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Defence organisations based In Preston. Hybrid working - 2 days per week on site.

Daily Activities:-

  • Responsible for the timely and accurate preparation and processing of high volume and complex Payrolls in line with SLA's and HMRC leglislation.
  • Responsible for logging any advances, errors and overpayments and reporting any known issues/defects to a Payroll Team Manager for timely review.
  • Play a key role in ensuring that all work instructions and processes regularly reviewed and and remain compliant with governance and audit procedures. Proactively escalate any discrepancies or changes required.
  • Support with the continuous improvement initiative, highlighting new ideas and better ways of working.
  • Responsible for the regular review of all Finance reconciliation items for your areas of responsibility.
  • Support with internal/external Payroll reviews/audits when required.
  • Support with the training of team members as and when required.
  • Work along our employees, Business stakeholders and internal/external teams in order to promptly resolve any business, employee and Third Party payroll related queries, ensuring the most effective communication method is used.
  • Responsible for identifying and taking relevant preventative action to minimise under / over payments.
  • Responsible for prioritising your own workload and using initiative and problem solving capabilities to provide a responsive Payroll Service at all times
  • Other duties as defined by the Payroll Team Manager and Business.

Qualification requirements

  • CIPP or equivalent Payroll qualification (Desirable)
  • GCSEs or equivalent in Mathematics and English, grades A-C. (Essential)

For more information please contact Lauren Morley at JAM Recruitment or click apply.