Payroll Assistant - #1698721

Anderson Knight are recruiting for our client based in Glasgow city centre who are looking for a Payroll Assistant to join the team. The role offers hybrid working and a competitive salary of £28-32,000 per annum.

Duties & responsibilities:

• Administer Payroll, completing from start to end via Sage 50, ensuring that all employees are paid on time and correctly.


• To accurately input and process all relevant data required for Payroll, including, salaries, overtime/shift/call-out payments, bonuses, benefit deductions, voluntary deductions, maternity/paternity allowances, sickness.


• Manage all leave of absence requests (maternity, paternity, adoption, parental leave, unpaid leave, and jury service).


• Provide day to day Payroll and administration support in a timely and accurate manner, dealing with all queries raised.


• Process Advances and salary payments for changes received beyond cut-off date.


• Ensure all statutory returns are made to relevant authorities on time, e.g. HMRC, Pension Providers, P11Ds, P60’s, EPS files etc.


• Calculate holiday pay, SMP, SSP, SPP


• Manage and process 3rd Party payments eg. Arrestment’s & Direct Earnings Attachments


• Process payments for expenses and business mileage


• Assist with Payroll audits as required.


• Maintaining employees’ information.


• Maintain and update Time and Attendance system.


• Complete month end journals and ledgers


• Maintain employees’ leave balances, ensuring they are aligned to local policies.


• Resolve any Issues in a timely manner and escalating when required.


• Maintaining electronic filing ensuring that folders are kept as streamlined as possible.


• Proactively support a variety of projects.


• Provide support and assistance to HR Department.


• Provide back-up support for calculating weekly Agency workers hours & pay.


• Provide support and assistance to Accounts Payment Department (holiday cover, sickness etc).


• Problem solving – ability to identify and advise on improvements and efficiencies to be gained.

If this is something you’d be interested in hearing more about, please contact Richard Brown at Anderson Knight.