Accounts Assistant

• Own end to end UK payroll across eight entities
• Permanent Role
• Pride Park, Derby with an international testing group

Accounts Assistant (Payroll Focus) | Part Time, Permanent | Pride Park, Derby
Location
Pride Park, Derby
Contract
Permanent
Salary
30k
Sector
Laboratory testing and scientific services

Are you an experienced payroll and accounts professional looking for a permanent role where you can genuinely own the process? An established, international laboratory testing group is recruiting an Accounts Assistant with a strong payroll focus to join its newly centralised UK finance team at Pride Park, Derby.

About the role
Our client operates a network of accredited laboratories across the UK, supporting the food, water, cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors. UK finance is moving to a central, standardised model, and this is a key role in that new team. You will take ownership of end to end payroll across eight UK entities, set up bank payments, complete bank reconciliations and provide wider transactional finance support. It is a chance to help shape payroll processes, controls and procedures from the outset, reporting to the Finance Controller.

Key responsibilities

• Run monthly UK payroll for eight entities end to end, from collating and validating inputs to reviewing outputs with an outsourced payroll provider.
• Ensure payroll compliance across PAYE, NIC, RTI, SSP, SMP, SPP, pension auto enrolment and National Minimum Wage.
• Support payroll year end, P60s and P11D reporting.
• Post payroll journals and produce payroll and headcount reporting.
• Set up supplier, payroll, HMRC and pension payments on the online banking platform for authorised release.
• Complete regular bank reconciliations across all entities and support cash reporting.
• Cover purchase ledger and sales ledger, complete month end tasks and help document new payroll procedures.

What we are looking for

• Proven end to end UK payroll experience; this is not an entry level role.
• Strong knowledge of PAYE, NIC, RTI, statutory payments, auto enrolment and NMW.
• Experience setting up payments on business online banking, bank reconciliations and journals.
• Confident with cloud accounting software and intermediate Excel (lookups, pivot tables).
• Absolute discretion, excellent attention to detail and a calm approach to fixed deadlines.
• Desirable: multi entity payroll, Xero, Personio or similar HRIS, and CIPP or AAT (qualified or studying).

Why apply

• Genuine ownership of payroll across a multi entity UK group.
• Opportunity to shape a newly centralised finance function and its controls.
• A varied mix of payroll, banking and transactional finance work.
• Stable, international, science led business based at Pride Park, Derby.

Interested? If you are an experienced Payroll Administrator, Payroll and Accounts Assistant or Finance Assistant in Derby or the East Midlands looking for your next permanent part time role, apply today or get in touch for a confidential conversation.

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