Payroll & Benefits Coordinator

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Job Type

Permanent

Industry

Professional Services

Location

Remote

Salary

£32k

Qualifications

N/A

Skills

Previous payroll experience is essential

Payroll & Benefits Coordinator Location: Fully Remote Salary: £32k

Love getting the details right? Thrive on organisation, accuracy and making sure people are paid correctly?

We’re partnering with a fast-growing professional services group that’s transforming through ambitious growth and acquisition. As their new Payroll & Benefits Coordinator, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring payroll and benefits run smoothly across the business, delivering an outstanding employee experience while helping shape processes for the future.

This isn’t a traditional payroll position. Payroll is managed by an external provider, so your focus will be on coordinating accurate payroll inputs, reviewing outputs, administering benefits and pensions, and ensuring employee data is accurate, compliant and always up to date.

If you enjoy working with numbers, solving problems, improving processes and collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders, this is an opportunity to make a real impact within a growing organisation.

Why join? This is an exciting opportunity to join a business that’s growing rapidly and investing in its people function. You’ll enjoy genuine ownership, exposure across HR, Finance and Transformation, and the chance to influence how payroll and benefits evolve as the organisation continues to scale. In return, you’ll benefit from: Flexible, remote-first working A collaborative and supportive team The opportunity to shape payroll and benefits processes in a growing business Broad exposure across People Operations, Finance and business integration projects Long-term career development in a high-growth organisation

If you’re looking for a role where accuracy matters, your ideas are valued and you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing You’ll become the key link between HR, Finance, payroll and benefits providers, ensuring every payroll cycle runs seamlessly. You’ll: Coordinate monthly payroll submissions and carefully review payroll outputs before approval Manage employee changes including starters, leavers, salary reviews, bonuses, family leave and deductions Administer a broad range of employee benefits, ensuring colleagues receive the right benefits at the right time Support workplace pension administration and auto-enrolment processes Maintain accurate employee data across HRIS, payroll and benefits systems Produce payroll and benefits reports and support Finance with reconciliations Help onboard newly acquired businesses, integrating payroll and benefits into the wider Group Identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls and enhance data quality

Requirements

What we’re looking for We’re looking for someone who combines exceptional attention to detail with a proactive, solutions-focused mindset. You’ll ideally have: Experience coordinating payroll or supporting outsourced payroll services Knowledge of UK payroll, pensions and auto-enrolment Experience administering employee benefits Strong Excel skills and confidence working with HRIS or payroll systems The ability to spot discrepancies and resolve issues before they become problems Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing monthly deadlines A professional, confidential and customer-focused approach