Payroll Administrator

Company: VANRATH
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Location: Belfast
Job Description:

Payroll Administrator

This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy EMEA Finance team, responsible for processing monthly payrolls, maintaining accurate employee records and providing payroll support across the business.

The successful candidate will have practical in-house payroll experience, a strong understanding of UK PAYE requirements and excellent attention to detail.

Key Responsibilities

  • Accurately process monthly company payrolls, ensuring all deadlines are met.
  • Maintain payroll records, including starters, leavers, contract changes and variable pay.
  • Process bonuses, overtime, pensions, healthcare and other employee deductions and payments.
  • Respond to payroll-related queries from employees and internal departments.
  • Liaise with HR to ensure employee information is accurate and up to date.
  • Complete month-end payroll reconciliations and reporting.
  • Assist with ad hoc payroll reporting and projects.
  • Support payroll integration projects, including data cleansing, parallel runs and validation.

Essential Requirements

  • Previous experience processing in-house payroll.
  • Good understanding of UK PAYE requirements and payroll principles.
  • Experience handling employee payroll queries.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word.
  • Excellent communication and organisational skills.
  • Strong numerical ability and attention to detail.
  • Experience working with large datasets.
  • Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work to tight deadlines.
  • Right to live and work in the UK.

Desirable Experience

  • Previous experience within financial services.
  • Experience using Workday Payroll.
  • Experience processing pension contributions.
  • Exposure to international payrolls across EMEA locations.

The Opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established international organisation with a collaborative finance team and exposure to a wider EMEA payroll function.

If you have solid payroll experience and are looking for your next opportunity within a professional finance environment, contact Sean Reffell at Vanrath.

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Posted: November 4th, 2026