Payroll Assistant Manager

About the job

SRLV are a medium sized firm of chartered accountants and Business advisors based in Fitzrovia, a vibrant spot in Central London.

We work across a variety of exciting industries including Music, Entertainment, Media and Sport providing services to high profile individuals, owner managed businesses, listed companies and international entities.

Our founding partners continue to drive our success through a passion for and commitment to building strong relationships and working in partnership with our clients.

We focus on people as individuals, allowing and supporting you to grow and develop within our firm. We value our differences and know that diversity across our team is what enables us to deliver the best service for our clients. We are committed to ensuring that everyone at SRLV feels they can bring their full selves to work and can thrive in an inclusive and safe space.

The Role

We are seeking a Payroll Assistant Manager with extensive experience of managing multiple payrolls.

Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you will oversee the Payroll team to provide a first class payroll service. You will be responsible for day to day support and supervision of the team along with managing a small portfolio of client payrolls.

Specific Role Responsibilities

• Assist with supervision of the payroll team, ensuring an accurate quality service is delivered to clients
• Review of team processing
• First point of contact for the team’s technical queries
• Run a small portfolio of clients, including managing new client set-ups
• Identify areas where improvements can be made and put forward suitable recommendations towards changing the payroll procedure and team’s operation
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and key client contacts
• Assists with monitoring, supervising, and training new and existing team members
• Weekly meetings with the Payroll Manager, raising any points for discussion or action, service issues and provide solutions to resolve issues and client concerns
• Support the Payroll Manager on project work
• Keep up to date with new payroll legislation and compliance, and ensure changes are introduced to team and client payrolls
• Be a point of contact for the payroll team across the firm in dealing with questions and queries both from clients and internally within the firm

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience of managing multiple payrolls
• Extensive knowledge of Paycircle software would be a distinct advantage
• Must have good applied knowledge of payroll legislation and compliance
• Proficient at intermediate level or above in Excel
• Highly organised
• Experience in leading a team and dealing with related issues
• Actively seeks to enhance expertise and knowledge through self-development
• Excellent communication skills across all channels with both clients and across all levels within the firm

Additional Information

• Hours: 9.30am – 5.30pm
• Hybrid working: (3 days (+) in office, 2 days at home)