Payroll Assistant Manager (Enterprise

Payroll Assistant Manager (Enterprise)

Final date to receive applications: 17 August 2026

Department: Domestic Payroll

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Aberdeen

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AAB is a leading professional services firm operating across the UK, Ireland, and the USA. We specialise in the mid-market, supporting individuals, family businesses, and organisations with a full suite of services including audit, tax, corporate finance, payroll, people consultancy, and wealth management. With 1,000+ team members, we deliver expert support to clients all over the world.

EVERYONE HAS THE AABILITY TO SUCCEED- WE’LL HELP YOU GET THERE.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We succeed together as one team, building strong client relationships through passion, empathy, and straightforward advice. That’s what makes AAB different. We invest in brilliant talent across every area of the business, offering tailored training, professional qualifications, and continuous support to help you grow.

Your growth matters to us. We’ll give you the tools, encouragement, and opportunities to lead, learn, and make an impact. Guided by our six core values, we foster a culture where collaboration, trust, and enthusiasm thrive.
AABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS

At AAB, your career is what you make it. We are here to help you turn ambition into action, whether that’s becoming a technical expert, a future leader, or someone who simply makes a difference every day. If you're ready to be part of a team that’s united by purpose and driven by values, we’d love to hear from you.

ESG COMMITMENT

We take our responsibility seriously. From reducing our environmental impact, to supporting education through training and talent programmes, to giving back to our local communities with our charitable initiative ABBIE- ESG is part of who we are.

Main tasks of the role:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the firm’s technical and operational methods, processes, procedures and standards of work required, dealing with increasingly complex client requirements and tasks
• Demonstrate ability to research and conclude on complex technical problems and to handle difficult engagements
• Delegate work to the team, as and when required, control workload, ensure that what is expected is clearly explained, provide support and hold the team accountable
• Take responsibility for the work of the team, review their work, provide feedback and address learning points, and maximise team productivity and utilisation
• As appropriate to your role, manage and control financial and operational aspects of your work for clients, including scope creep and maximisation of productive time
• Work in an agile way to supervise several assignments concurrently, ensuring timeous and satisfactory delivery to colleagues and clients
• Consistently bring technical work to successful conclusions, meeting agreed deadlines within time and budget
• Develop relationships with clients, suppliers, stakeholders, their staff and their professional advisors, and develop your profile internally and externally
• Understand the services offered by your department and the wider firm, and identify areas where the firm could assist clients and colleagues
• Continue to establish self as an advisor with colleagues, clients and business contacts, dealing with queries effectively
• Identify client service and internal process improvements, actively promote ideas and suggestions and participate in the firm’s commitment to continuous improvement
• Demonstrate increasing commercial awareness
• Assist with the marketing strategy of the firm
• Be an ambassador for the firm, taking opportunities for networking and client entertaining events
• Support advisors with the management and resolution of significant challenges relating to clients whilst raising awareness to the management team

Technical tasks:

• Process payrolls, seeking guidance where required from Payroll Manager or relevant EPP Service Line
• Maintain technical knowledge and actively investigate future changes to payroll legislation, suggest and implement required changes to processes and…