Overview

Base pay range: This range is provided by Better Days Recruitment. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Role: Payroll and Benefits Officer (brand-new, full-time, permanent)

Location: Head Office, Horley, Surrey. Hybrid arrangement: two days in the office and three days working from home each week.

Working at Head Office, you will be an experienced Payroll Officer looking to demonstrate your experience and progress your career within an established and busy Finance team. You will be fully running and accountable in the first instance for the company-wide payroll and be fully dedicated to this area.

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9-5 or 8-4. The office is centrally located with parking and is within a short walk to Horley train station.

Responsibilities

• Take full responsibility for the company-wide payroll and related processes.
• Process payroll through Sage Payroll, including Maternity/Paternity cover payments, sick pay, overtime, bonuses, salary increases and pension payments.
• Review reports from Line Managers, verify details, and ensure accurate and timely payments.
• Understand HMRC requirements for NI and tax purposes and manage onboarding/offboarding for benefits schemes such as pensions and healthcare.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years’ experience as a Payroll Officer/processing payroll within an SME-sized company
• Experience with company benefits such as pensions and healthcare
• Strong Microsoft skills, Outlook, Teams and especially Excel (V-lookups and tables)
• Experience of Sage Payroll is desirable, or a similar payroll software package
• Ideally degree educated
• Experience and understanding of FPS/EPS reports
• High attention to detail and cross-checking skills
• Highly organised and forward thinking
• Experience with the year-end process and good planning abilities
• Confident, friendly with great verbal and written communication skills
• Strong team player and able to work under own initiative
• Accountable and takes pride in work

Employment type

• Permanent

Seniority level

• Associate

Job function

• Finance