Job Description
Established in 1995, the Affinity Group stands as a beacon in the professional accounting services landscape, offering expert accounting and tax services to contractors, freelancers, and SMEs. Our team of over 80 professionals, with most based in our Ferndown head office, is ready to welcome new additions!
We provide a wealth of opportunities for ambitious individuals seeking to grow professionally and we are committed to nurturing our people to help them achieve their maximum potential. We are looking for an experienced Payroll Consultant to join our payroll team.
About the job
The Payroll Consultant takes responsibility in processing multiple client payrolls and their pension administration, ensuring that all related tasks are processed accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with legislation. The Payroll Consultant maintains strong client relationships, resolves payroll and workplace pension related queries, and contributes to the department’s service excellence.
Your key responsibilities would include:
· Process weekly, fortnightly, and monthly payrolls.
· Ensure all RTI submissions, pension auto-enrolment tasks, and statutory requirements are completed accurately and on time.
· Communicate professionally with clients to obtain, verify, and update payroll information.
· Act on and respond to HMRC PAYE queries.
· Support the completion of year-end submissions, including P60s and Benefit in Kind reporting.
· Maintain accurate records and controls across all payroll systems.
· Support peers and junior team members by sharing knowledge and help to resolve queries.
· Where required, build and upload payroll journals for accounting and bookkeeping systems.
About you
An ideal candidate would be someone who has a background in the financial services industry, who has relevant experience in a payroll department. Our successful applicant needs to be approachable, knowledgeable, and professional, with a proactive approach to help shape and refine our ever-evolving service to clients. Some desirable skills include:
· Experience within a payroll environment
· Hold CIPP (or equivalent) qualifications
· A strong background in customer/client service and the drive to go above and beyond to provide an exceptional service
· Competent and able to use Microsoft packages
· Enjoy working in a dynamic and fast paced office environment
· A strong communicator with a high level of professionalism, attention to detail and accuracy
· Commercially aware and able to understand the business impact of your role and actions
· Self-motivated and proactive, confident and well organised
· Aligned with our core values of putting clients first, thinking big, working as a team and acting with integrity
We deal with financial services and the financial records of our clients, so the professionalism and integrity of our client facing teams is incredibly important.
Salary and benefits
We expect our people to work hard, and in return, we take care of them, offering some excellent staff benefits including:
· 25 days holiday from day 1 (plus the option to buy and sell holiday)
· Duvet days
· Company pension scheme
· Discounted gym membership
· Free lunch Friday once a month
· A great social calendar with regular activities, office-based events, and parties twice a year
· Free financial advice (pensions, mortgages, investments etc)
· Referral programme
Our core hours are 9am-5.15pm Monday to Friday and this job is full-time and permanent. Part-time considered with desirable experience.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Office-based
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Work Location: Ferndown
Pay: Up to £30,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
