Deputy Payroll and Benefits Manager

Deputy Payroll & Benefits Manager Salary: £40,000–£45,000 Location: Welwyn Garden City Hybrid: 2–3 days per week in the office Contract: Initial 3-month FTC

The Role

A hands-on payroll opportunity supporting the Payroll & Benefits Manager with the end-to-end delivery of three UK payrolls, alongside benefits administration, reconciliations and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end payroll processing for c.850 UK employees.
• Process deductions, statutory payments, pensions, bonuses, tax codes and student loans.
• Complete payroll reconciliations and investigate any discrepancies.
• Support P45s, P60s, P11Ds, RTI and other statutory requirements.
• Administer employee benefits including pensions, healthcare, cycle-to-work and reward schemes.
• Handle employee payroll and benefits queries.
• Support payroll reporting, audits and process improvement projects.
• Work closely with the Payroll Manager and wider People team. Ideal Candidate
• Strong hands-on UK payroll experience, ideally at Senior Payroll Specialist/Deputy Manager level.
• Good end-to-end knowledge of PAYE, NI, RTI, statutory payments and pensions.
• Comfortable working with high-volume payrolls and reconciliations.
• Some benefits administration experience.
• Strong Excel and payroll reporting skills.
• Can come from either an in-house or payroll bureau background.
• Brain Payroll experience is beneficial but not required.
• Accurate, organised and confident working with minimal supervision. Ideal for an experienced Senior Payroll Specialist looking for more responsibility and the opportunity to step towards Payroll Manager level, with strong potential for the role to become permanent. Interested? Apply today!!! JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply. We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist payroll, HR & Reward recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us