Job Overview
Join an award-winning Payroll Team where you'll make an immediate impact, with the support to succeed.
We're looking for an experienced Payroll Administrator to join our friendly and award-winning Payroll Team on a fixed-term contract for up to 6 months.
As part of our ongoing investment in the team, we're currently working on a number of internal projects focused on improving our systems, processes and overall client experience. To help support the team during this busy period, we're looking for an experienced payroll professional who can provide additional resource and become a valued member of the team.
This role would suit someone who enjoys the pace, variety and challenge of a bureau environment. You'll be managing your own portfolio of payroll clients, building relationships and helping us continue to deliver a fantastic service to our clients.
Whilst we're looking for someone with the experience and confidence to become productive relatively quickly, this definitely isn't a case of being left to fend for yourself. We'll provide a structured induction, training on our systems and processes, and pair you with a buddy to help you settle in. You'll work alongside our Senior Payroll Advisors and Payroll Manager, who will support you throughout your onboarding and beyond.
We're not looking for someone to simply "cover a gap". We're looking for someone who can become part of the team, share their experience, build great relationships with our clients, and make a genuine impact from the moment they join us.
Most importantly, you'll be joining a team that genuinely supports one another, shares knowledge and takes pride in delivering an exceptional service. And, not to brag (but they've earned it!), you'll be joining an award-winning Payroll Team, recognised as Payroll Team of the Year at the Yorkshire Accountancy Awards.
Location: Chesterfield (Hybrid Working)
Responsibilities
What You'll Be Doing
No two days in payroll are ever exactly the same, but your responsibilities will include:
- Managing your own portfolio of payroll clients from start to finish.
- Processing payrolls accurately and on time across a variety of businesses and sectors.
- Calculating and processing statutory payments including SSP, SMP and other payroll-related payments.
- Processing workplace pension contributions and submissions.
- Building positive working relationships with clients and becoming a trusted point of contact.
- Responding to payroll queries from clients, colleagues and external organisations.
- Keeping up to date with payroll legislation, HMRC guidance and industry developments.
- Managing multiple deadlines and priorities within a busy bureau environment.
- Supporting year-end payroll activities and submissions.
- Working collaboratively with the wider Payroll Team to ensure an excellent client experience.
- Sharing ideas and contributing to continuous improvement within the team.
Qualifications & Experience
What We're Looking For
We're less interested in buzzwords and more interested in finding someone who can genuinely roll their sleeves up, support the team and bring great payroll experience with them.
Ideally, you'll have:
✅ End-to-end payroll processing experience
✅ Experience working within a payroll bureau, accountancy practice or multi-client payroll environment
✅ Experience processing workplace pensions
✅ Up-to-date payroll knowledge, including statutory payments and recent legislative changes. (SSP)
✅ Strong attention to detail and accuracy
✅ Excellent organisation and time management skills
✅ The ability to manage multiple deadlines and changing priorities
✅ Confidence communicating with clients and building strong working relationships
✅ A proactive, positive and team-focused attitude
You'll Probably Enjoy This Role If:
- You like variety and don't want to process the same payroll every day.
- You enjoy building relationships with clients and becoming their trusted payroll contact.
- You take pride in getting the detail right.
- You enjoy working with supportive, knowledgeable colleagues who genuinely look out for one another.
- You like being busy and making a difference from day one.
Previous payroll bureau or accountancy practice experience would be highly advantageous.
Why Join Shorts?
- Award-winning Payroll Team
- Friendly and supportive culture
- Hybrid working options / Flexible starting times
- Free, onsite parking
- Varied client portfolio
- Structured onboarding and buddy support
- Opportunity to make a real impact during an exciting period for the team
- A team that will make you feel part of the furniture very quickly (in the best possible way!)
Pay: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Free flu jabs
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Referral programme
- Sabbatical
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Chesterfield S40: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- end to end payroll: 2 years (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chesterfield S40
