In this dynamic and complex environment, you'll be instrumental in ensuring the accuracy, integrity and control of payroll financials across multiple entities, subsidiaries and delivery models. Working closely with Payroll Operations, Finance and HR, you'll help bring clarity and confidence to payroll reporting, ensuring every cost, liability and balance sheet position is fully reconciled, compliant and audit-ready.

Based in our Central Offices in Northampton and working 17.5 hours per week across five days, this permanent part-time position offers the flexibility to agree a working pattern that suits both you and the business, making it ideal for professionals seeking a better work-life balance without compromising on the opportunity to work in a challenging and rewarding role.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Prepare and post payroll journals, ensuring accurate recording of payroll costs and liabilities across all entities
• Maintain and reconcile balance sheet accounts (such as PAYE, NIC, pensions), resolving discrepancies in a timely manner
• Support period-end, year-end and audit processes, ensuring documentation is complete, compliant and audit-ready
• Collaborate with Payroll, Finance and HR to align payroll outputs with financial reporting and resolve issues
• Apply strong controls, monitor for errors, and contribute to continuous improvement while ensuring GDPR compliance

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  Payroll accounting experience with strong understanding of journals, reconciliations, and financial controls
• Skilled in balance sheet reconciliations, identifying and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner
• Knowledge of payroll elements (PAYE, NIC, pensions, deductions) and how payroll links to financial reporting
• Highly detail-oriented and analytical, with the ability to follow processes, meet deadlines, and support audits
• Collaborative, reliable and proactive professional with strong communication skills and a focus on ownership, accuracy, and continuous improvement
• similar is a plus but not essential)

We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed.