Payroll & Accounts Clerk

Payroll Clerk

Based in Watford, Hertfordshire, our client is a successful manufacturing company looking for an experienced individual to join them as a Payroll Clerk on a permanent basis. you will also be heavily involved in Accounts Payable so experience within this area is highly desirable.

This job would suit an experienced Payroll professional with exposure to payroll and pensions with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. This role also requires strong numeracy skills and a good working knowledge of Excel, for the correct coding and batching of invoices daily.

This company is a successful manufacturing business with over 50 years' experience and a c.£25m turnover. The business invests heavily in their staff, providing education and development programmes for people throughout their organisation. They have grown considerably over recent years and have taken over operations across Europe and America.

The successful individual will have good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to prioritise effectively and execute tasks. You will be a team player with an efficient and well organised professional with good administration and planning skills.

Payroll duties will include:

• Ensure accurate and timely processing & calculation of all payroll related information
• Check/ reconcile & query monthly payroll data sheets provided by HR Manager
• Resolve pay queries from employees and managers in a timely manner
• Support system user queries including password resets
• Liaise with payroll bureau support to log and resolve system issues
• Create monthly costing and payroll journals ready for upload into Finance system
• Administer the company healthcare scheme
• Raise monthly payroll related payments, AEO's, loans, etc.
• Update P35 file with monthly HMRC data
• Upload monthly pension data in required format for auto enrolment assessment
• Process, create & save reports for auto enrolment
• Process & pay monthly staff pension scheme contributions
• Issue monthly auto enrolment letters to new staff along with pension key facts
• Administer the death in service scheme and provide annual salary costing report
• Maintain staff database

Accounts Payable duties will include:

• Registering accounts payable invoices onto Finance system
• Reconcile invoices to purchase orders and GRN'S
• Check and reconcile supplier statements
• Produce a weekly EFT listing for payment approval in preparation of a pay run
• Scan all invoices into the Finance system
• Analyse trial balance report monthly & investigate variance & write off if necessary
• Deal with purchase invoice queries
• Analyse monthly creditors report
• Set up new supplier accounts and maintain existing details within the ledgers

Every application will receive a response as this is the recognised working practice at MRK Associates.

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