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Commercial Payroll Administrator
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
Salary: Competitive Salary commensurate with ability and experience (25-28k)
Hours: Mon-Fri 8.00am 4.30pm, including ½ hr lunch break.
Holidays: 21 days, plus Public Holidays.
Company Overview:
Hutchinson Engineering is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of specialist steel support structures, primarily to the Mobile Telecommunications, Offshore and Wind-Turbine industries. The business operates in-house design, manufacture, and deployment functions across multiple sites in Widnes, with a turnover of £30m and 190 employees.
Purpose of Role
Reporting to the Commercial Manager, working within the existing Commercial Department performing a multi skilled role to ensure the efficient operation of group company Payroll, Sales ledger, Purchase ledger, and Human Resource functions.
Key Objectives of the Role:
- Running weekly and monthly payroll cycles, calculating salaries, overtime, bonuses, and statutory payments (SSP,SMP,SPP)
- Ensuring correct applications of deductions like PAYE tax, NI, Pensions, Student Loans
- Producing and issuing payslips, P45s, P60s, P11Ds and handling Real Time Information (RTI) reporting to HMRC
- Keeping meticulous payroll records for audits and internal reporting
- Staying ahead of payroll legislation updates and ensuring compliance (e.g., tax codes, minimum wage, pension auto-enrolment)
- Acting as the go-to expert for payroll queries, liaising with HR, Finance, HMRC, and pension providers
- Protecting sensitive data, preventing errors, and constantly seeking opportunities to refine processes
- To provide support in the day-to-day running and co-ordination of the accounts payable and accounts receivable departments
- Process invoices, reconciling delivery notes to invoices received and purchase orders
- Set up new supplier accounts and maintain existing account details within the purchase ledger/Sales Ledger
- Raise and issue Sales Invoices in accordance to purchase orders received
- Credit Control, processing cash receipts
- Monthly reconciliation of supplier/client statements
- Assist in scheduling supplier payments in accordance with supplier credit terms
- Act as point of contact with suppliers who may have queries regarding outstanding invoices
- Handle and resolve supplier/customer queries to a satisfactory conclusion for both the supplier/client and the Company
- Assist with month-end and year-end procedures
- Ensure all documentation related to payment of invoices is accurate before any payment is made, such as purchase orders and delivery notes, bank details and company addresses
- Opening and allocating of post on a daily basis
- Filing and general administration
- Other duties to support the department/business
Personal Qualities:
- Hardworking and motivated with a positive attitude
- Reliable and punctual
- Willingness to learn and adapt
Language:
English (preferred)
Additional Role Information:
The successful candidate must demonstrate:
- Proven Payroll experience
- A good understanding of Microsoft Office programs, including Excel and Word.
- Grade A-C in GCSE Maths & English (or equivalent)
- Experience with accounting procedures and account packages such as SAGE 200, SAGE 50 Payroll
- Good interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate with customers and colleagues at all levels of seniority and liaise effectively with other departments
- The ability to exercise discretion when dealing with confidential information
In house and external training will be provided to the suitable candidate.
Drug and Alcohol policy including testing.
Schedule:
Mon-Fri 8.00am 4.30pm, including ½ hr lunch break.
Salary:
£25,000.00-£28,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Childcare Vouchers
- Free/On-site Parking
- Profit Share Bonus Scheme
- Company Pension
- Cycle Scheme
- Free Company Events
- Employee Assistance Programme
- 21 Days holiday plus bank holidays
- Recognition awards
- Length of service awards
- 2-week Christmas shutdown
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- On-site parking