via Reed · 7 October 2026 ·6 days ago

Senior Payroll Administrator

James Gray Associates
Ormskirk Full-time GBP 30,000 – 32,000
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Senior Payroll Administrator

Salary: £30,000–£32,000

Location: Burscough, Ormskirk

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

Working Pattern: Office-based initially, with 1 day WFH after probation

Payroll: Approx. 500 employees across multiple payrolls

The Role

An opportunity for an experienced Senior Payroll Administrator to join an established payroll team, supporting the end-to-end delivery of multiple UK payrolls.

You’ll primarily support four monthly payrolls, while also providing cover across three weekly payrolls, working within a small and experienced payroll team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Process end-to-end payroll for approximately 500 employees across multiple companies.

  • Manage starters, leavers and contractual changes.

  • Process overtime, timesheets, allowances, deductions and statutory payments.

  • Administer pensions, auto-enrolment and salary sacrifice schemes.

  • Complete payroll validation, reconciliations and National Minimum Wage checks.

  • Manage RTI submissions, P45s and payroll records.

  • Prepare payroll journals and general ledger reconciliations.

  • Handle employee payroll queries and work closely with HR.

  • Provide cover for weekly payroll processing when required.

Ideal Candidate
  • Strong end-to-end UK payroll experience.

  • Experience managing multiple payrolls or multi-site payrolls highly desirable.

  • Good knowledge of UK payroll legislation and statutory payments.

  • Strong pensions and auto-enrolment knowledge.

  • Confident with payroll reconciliations and controls.

  • Good Excel and payroll systems skills.

  • Highly organised with strong attention to detail.

  • Construction, engineering or another fast-paced operational background would be advantageous.

Interested? Apply today!!

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply. We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist payroll, HR & Reward recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

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