Payroll Senior Accountancy Practice

TPF Recruitment are representing a fantastic firm of chartered accountants based in Maidstone, Mid Kent in their search for a Payroll Senior. This is a really exciting opportunity to join a fast growing, modern and forward thinking practice that has a great reputation in Kent and across the South East.

Our Client is a highly reputable firm of chartered accountants based in Maidstone, East Kent. As well as providing a compliance service, their main efforts are put in to providing good quality business and personal advice. The practice provides a holistic accounting service across accounts, tax, audit, payroll, bookkeeping, CIS and VAT; and services clients of all sizes across a range of sectors including manufacturing, professional services, marketing, sales, start ups ect.

They are very modern in their approach and utilise the latest software. Clients range from startups through to £30m+ T/O.

This is a pivotal role, reporting in to the Directors of the business and you will have full autonomy of the firms payroll department, looking after 140 clients.

• Full payroll function including setting up and registering with HMRC.
• Run payroll within current legislation keeping all records up to date.
• Calculate tax, national insurance and pension manually or on a computer program.
• Time management so payroll deadlines are achieved.
• Calculate statuary SSP, SMP and SPP where due.
• Real time submissions, final year end submission and P11d’s
• Pension implementation for auto enrolment.
• Calculating statuary payments and annual leave.
• Liaise with clients, colleagues, external agencies concerning payroll.
• Auditing of payroll and input.
• Training other staff on payroll.
• Collating and entering payroll journals.
• CIS submissions and adjust for suffered payments and balance PAYE payments for client.

• The ideal candidate for this Payroll Senior vacancy will have either bureau or accountancy practice payroll experience.
• Be CIPP qualified, part qualified or qualified by experience
• Have experience in dealing with a mix of weekly and monthly payrolls
• Be hard working and up for a challenge in a fast paced working environment
• Have good software (Sage, Iris, Brightpay, Moneysoft etc.) and technical payroll knowledge

• Benefits £25,000 - circa £40,000 dependent on experience and background, negotiable.
• Full and highly competitive, flexible benefits package on offer.