Finance Administrator (Payroll)

Finance Administrator (Payroll)

Location: Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire Hours: Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week

About the Company

Our client is a third-generation, family-owned group of businesses with a proud 80-year history. Today, the Group employs over 150 people across multiple industries and continues to grow. Their head office, based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, provides centralised support to six trading businesses throughout the UK, covering Finance, IT, HR, Health & Safety and Marketing.

Working with our client means joining a close-knit, people-focused organisation where employees are valued and supported. Despite operating across varied industries, each business within the Group shares a common culture of hard work, integrity and collaboration.

The Role

We’re looking for a Finance Administrator with payroll experience to join the Group Finance team. This is a full-time, office-based position offering variety and the opportunity to support payroll and finance administration across several businesses within the Group.

Reporting to the Management Accountant, you’ll help ensure payroll information is accurate, complete and processed on time. You’ll be responsible for maintaining employee payroll records, processing payroll-related information, handling queries and supporting payroll reconciliations, alongside general finance and administrative duties.

This role would suit an organised and detail-focused individual with previous payroll experience who enjoys working with figures, meeting deadlines and supporting a busy finance function.

Key Responsibilities

Payroll Administration

Assist with the preparation and processing of payroll information, ensuring accuracy and deadlines are met.

Maintain employee payroll records, ensuring information is accurate and up to date.

Process new starter details, leavers, changes to pay and other employee amendments.

Check timesheets, working hours, overtime, holiday, sickness and other payroll-related information.

Assist with the calculation and processing of payroll adjustments, deductions and statutory payments, as required.

Respond to payroll queries professionally and confidentially, liaising with employees, managers and external payroll providers where appropriate.

Support payroll reconciliations and ensure payroll records agree with finance records.

Maintain accurate payroll documentation and ensure sensitive employee information is handled confidentially.

Finance Administration

Assist with payroll journals and related month-end processes.

Support bank reconciliations and other routine finance administration.

Assist with maintaining accurate financial records across the Group.

Liaise with internal departments to resolve payroll and finance discrepancies.

Provide general administrative support to the Finance team as required.

About You

Previous experience in a payroll administration or payroll-focused finance role.

Good working knowledge of payroll processes and employee payroll records.

Strong IT skills, including Excel and Office 365.

Experience using Sage 50 Payroll would be advantageous.

Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to work.

Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage deadlines and competing priorities.

Good communication skills and the ability to handle confidential information appropriately.

A proactive and reliable approach, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Experience working within a construction, manufacturing or multi-company environment would be beneficial.

What’s on Offer?

Competitive salary.

24 days’ annual leave plus 8 statutory bank holidays.

Statutory pension contribution.

On-site small gym.

Ongoing training and career development opportunities within an established and growing business.

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