Trainee Payroll Administrator

Trainee Payroll Administrator

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

Reporting To: UK Payroll Team Lead

Description

At activpayroll, our success is your success. We pride ourselves on our ability to provide a truly global service while never compromising on local talent or expertise, and our fantastic teams across the world are unwavering in their commitment to our clients.

To support our ongoing business growth, we are excited to bring to market a new Trainee opportunity to join our UK Payroll team. This could be a fantastic opportunity for a recent graduate or school leaver to explore a career in Payroll, as part of an ambitious global organisation. We work on a hybrid basis of 1-2 days at our Edinburgh city centre office.

On a typical day, you'll be

This is a trainee position, so every day will be an opportunity to learn new skills and knowledge, but your general day to day tasks could include:

• Supporting the UK Payroll team with the processing of payrolls for a range of clients of various sizes and from a diverse range of businesses
• Supporting with processing starters and leavers, calculating statutory payments, RTI submissions, Pension Deductions etc.
• Working directly with clients to ensure accuracy of payroll data and answer queries, resolve problems and provide payroll support
• Supporting the UK Payroll Team Leads with any general administration activities within the team
• Supporting the UK Payroll Operations Manager with ad-hoc project support as needed

To be brilliant in this role, you'll have

• A degree level qualification, or excellent results at Higher level (English and Maths specifically would be preferred subjects)
• Some experience in an administration or customer service environment
• Strong IT skills, specifically Excel and able to pick up new IT packages very quickly
• A positive, confident and proactive attitude
• Enjoy working as part of a team and self-motivated
• Willing to undertake training and open to new challenges