Payroll Advisor

Job Title: Payroll Advisor

Location: Homebased - UK

Hours: Part-Time (around 30 hours but flexible)

Salary: £32,000 FTE

Contract: Permanent

About the Opportunity

Supporting a outstanding business who are hiring a Payroll Advisor to join our compliance-focused Payroll & Pensions team. This is a newly created role designed for someone who enjoys problem-solving, investigating issues, and providing excellent customer service - without being involved in day-to-day payroll processing.

If you have strong payroll or tax compliance experience, especially within the education sector, and you’re confident communicating with customers and HMRC, this role could be a great fit.

What You’ll Be Doing

In this role, you’ll act as a key point of contact for payroll-related queries, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and smooth communication across all parties.

• Liaising directly with HMRC on payroll submissions, queries, and investigations.
• Reviewing payroll and tax data to identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Investigating issues — particularly those linked to education-sector payrolls.
• Communicating with customers to gather information, explain findings, and provide updates.
• Working closely with internal payroll teams to ensure accuracy in records and submissions.
• Keeping up to date with relevant legislation and HMRC requirements.
• Recommending process improvements to strengthen compliance and efficiency.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in payroll, tax compliance, or audit.
• Education payroll experience highly advantageous.
• Strong understanding of HMRC processes, PAYE, and payroll legislation.
• Excellent communication skills - confident working with both clients and HMRC.
• High attention to detail with a proactive, investigative approach.

Please apply or contact alexandra@jgarecruitment.com directly!

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