Senior Payroll Administrator

Senior Payroll Bureau Administrator – South Liverpool - £30,000 - £32,000 plus flexible working – part time hours considered

Senior Payroll Bureau Administrator Description:

A growing, Chartered Accountancy practice based in South Liverpool, is looking to recruit an experienced Payroll Bureau Administrator.

The firm supports a broad mix of SME clients, from very small businesses to a number of larger employers. Offering more than just compliance – they provide commercial advice, outsourced finance and tax planning.

Reporting to the Practice Manager, you will be joining a business that is investing in new payroll software (BrightPay) and bringing payroll fully in‑house, so there’s plenty of opportunity to shape how things are done.

This role is ideal for someone with at least 5 years’ payroll experience, is comfortable with busy month‑end periods, and has strong attention to detail.

You’ll be the go‑to person for all payroll matters, covering weekly, monthly and bi-monthly runs, auto‑enrolment, and associated administration tasks.

Senior Payroll Bureau Administrator - Key responsibilities:

* End‑to‑end processing of weekly and monthly payrolls for c.80 clients, including some larger payrolls of 100 employees

* Set‑up and maintenance of new payrolls and employee records within BrightPay (and legacy systems during transition)

* Building relationships with clients

* Managing auto‑enrolment processes: pension set‑up, assessments, uploads and ongoing compliance

* Preparing and submitting RTI returns, year‑end processing and statutory forms (P45, P60, etc.)

* Handling payroll queries from clients and employees (tax codes, deductions, statutory payments, holiday pay)

* Ensuring compliance with current payroll legislation and upcoming changes (including P11D changes this year)

* Liaising with HMRC and pension providers as required

* Finance/admin support as needed (e.g. basic bank statement checks for payroll, maintaining client data, Companies House confirmations)

Senior Payroll Administrator - Benefits:

This is a stable, long‑term position where you can genuinely own the payroll function.

Benefits include a friendly, close‑knit team, free parking and flexible working arrangements (full time and part-time are both considered as this is a newly created role).

Senior Payroll Administrator - Essential Requirements:

* 5 years + experience in bureau or complex, multi-site payroll

* Brightpay would be advantageous, but not essential

Vaisto Recruitment offers a generous referral scheme. If you refer a practice candidate to me (who is not already registered) as a thank you will receive a voucher up to the value of £1000.Vouchers are paid on successful completion of the referral's probation period.

The above vacancy is only one of many that I am handling. Vaisto Recruitment specialises in practice and first moves to industry for both contract and permanent assignments including:

- Audit Partner / Audit Director / Audit Associate Director / Audit Manager / Audit Senior / Audit Associate / Audit Semi Senior

- Business Services Partner / Business Services Director / Business Services Manager / Business Services Associate / Accounts Senior / Accounts Associate

- Tax Partner / Tax Director / Tax Manager / Tax Senior Manager / Tax Senior / Tax Semi Senior

- Accounts Partner / Accounts Director / Accounts Manager / Accounts Senior / Accounts Semi Senior

- Corporate Finance Partner / Corporate Finance Director / Corporate Finance Manager / Corporate Finance Executive / Corporate Finance Senior M&A

- Payroll Bureau

- Practice Managers