Part Time Payroll Assistant

Part-Time Payroll Administrator, Manchester / Cheshire — flexible hours in a growing payroll team

This is a part-time payroll role with real room to grow. The firm is bringing a large block of payroll work back in-house and has won a number of new clients, so the department is steadily expanding. You'll work closely with the payroll manager, with genuine scope to increase your hours if desired, as the team grows.

• Looking for payroll work on a part-time basis
• Excellent organisational skills — comfortable with fast-paced bureau-style processing for multiple clients

This is a well-established, independently owned firm of accountants with offices across the North West of England, offering accountancy, tax and commercial business advisory services. It has built its reputation on genuine, hands-on involvement in clients' affairs, and offers a broad enough range of specialist services.

The firm's payroll function is in active growth mode. A significant number of payrolls previously handled offshore are being brought back in-house, and the team has just acquired a wave of new clients. This role has been created to support the payroll manager directly, cover annual leave and non-working days, and give the department the capacity it needs to keep growing.

Payroll Processing

• Processing payrolls of up to 80 payslips per run, covering new starters, leavers, sickness, statutory leave and timecard entries
• Carrying out national minimum wage checks and other routine payroll compliance checks
• Supporting the onboarding of new payrolls, including migration onto the firm's cloud payroll software

Pensions & Compliance

• Managing monthly pension uploads, including reconciling and authorising payments ahead of provider deadlines
• Working across several major pension providers and schemes, including differing taxability options
• Keeping payroll practice aligned with Pensions Regulator requirements and GDPR obligations

Client & Stakeholder Support

• Handling day-to-day payroll queries from internal colleagues and external clients by phone, email and in person
• Working alongside client managers on queries and changes affecting client payrolls
• Providing day-off and holiday cover within the payroll team as needed
• At least 2 years' payroll experience
• Up to date knowledge of current PAYE, pension and GDPR legislation
• Familiarity with pension providers and the schemes they operate, including taxability options
• Desirable: working knowledge of HR/payroll-adjacent legislation such as holiday entitlement, enhanced pay and redundancy, and experience processing director payrolls
• Able to work Tuesdays as a fixed day, with flexibility on hours and additional days by agreement

• At least 2 years' payroll experience
• Up to date knowledge of current PAYE, pension and GDPR legislation
• Familiarity with pension providers an