Payroll Senior

Payroll Senior

Location: Ipswich
Working Pattern: Part-time or Full-time (3–5 days per week)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Payroll Senior to join a well-established and highly respected professional services organisation. This role is ideal for a payroll professional looking to take ownership of their own client portfolio while playing a key role in supporting and developing colleagues within a collaborative team environment.

You will be responsible for delivering a high-quality payroll service to a diverse client portfolio, ensuring accuracy, compliance and excellent client care at all times.

Key Responsibilities:
Manage the end-to-end payroll process for a portfolio of clients.
Ensure compliance with payroll legislation, statutory requirements and auto-enrolment regulations.
Process payrolls accurately and efficiently through to completion.
Act as a key point of contact for clients, HMRC and third-party providers.
Build and maintain strong client relationships through proactive communication and service delivery.
Review and peer-check payrolls completed by other team members.
Support, mentor and coach junior colleagues.
Provide guidance on payroll legislation, technical queries and system-related issues.
Deliver training sessions and share knowledge across the wider team.
Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve efficiencies.
Maintain accurate payroll records and documentation.
Produce ad hoc payroll, financial and operational reports as required.
Support the Payroll Manager with projects and team initiatives.About You To be successful in this role, you will have:

A minimum of two years' payroll experience.
Strong end-to-end payroll processing experience, including pensions, benefits and statutory payments.
The ability to manually calculate payroll.
Excellent knowledge of payroll legislation and auto-enrolment requirements.
Strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivering accurate work.
Outstanding organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
A customer-focused approach with experience handling client queries by phone and email.
Experience supporting, mentoring or training colleagues.
The ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced and changing environment.If you are an experienced payroll professional looking for your next challenge and enjoy building client relationships while supporting the development of others, we'd love to hear from you