Payroll Advisor

We are currently assisting with the recruitment for an experienced Payroll Advisor to join a growing, people focused leading chartered accountancy. This role sits within a high performing payroll team that supports a wide range of clients with complex, high volume, and multi frequency payrolls. This role will focus on processing the hospitality clients payrolls.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Managing multiple payroll frequencies: weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly, and annual
• Handling variable pay elements such as hourly rates, overtime, split shifts, tronc, tips, and service charges
• Ensuring compliance with National Minimum Wage rules, including uniforms, deductions, and salary sacrifice
• Overseeing payroll for zero hours, casual, seasonal, and agency workers
• Processing payroll data from rota and time and attendance systems
• Managing RTI submissions, statutory payments, and workplace pension auto enrolment
• Supporting multi site and multi brand payrolls with differing rules and structures
• Advising clients on holiday pay, Working Time Regulations, and statutory entitlements

Essential experience:

• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation and auto enrolment
• 2+ years' payroll processing experience (ideally bureau/client facing)
• Experience managing multiple complex payrolls
• Excellent accuracy, communication, and organisational skills
• Confident in Excel
• Ability to manage a client portfolio effectively