Finance and Payroll Assistant
Summary: This role is for a Temporary Payroll and Finance Coordinator based in Reading, focusing on managing the monthly payroll cycle alongside sales ledger administration and financial reporting. The position requires an experienced finance professional with payroll expertise to ensure smooth accounting processes within an educational organization. The role emphasizes a supportive work environment that values diversity and employee wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing the end-to-end monthly payroll process, including data input, employee payments and reporting.
- Administering workplace pension schemes and associated records.
- Maintaining the sales ledger, ensuring accounts remain accurate and up to date.
- Handling invoice enquiries and supporting debt collection activities.
- Preparing and issuing termly invoices.
- Updating cashbooks and posting transactions to finance systems.
- Completing regular bank reconciliations.
- Assisting with month-end procedures and ledger close activities.
- Supporting annual audit requirements and providing finance documentation.
- Assisting with ad hoc finance projects and reporting requests.
- Providing cover for other finance team members when required.
Key Skills:
- AAT Level 4 or equivalent qualification.
- Previous payroll experience.
- Strong bookkeeping knowledge.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Excellent communication abilities.
- Experience within a school or complex payroll environment.
- Highly organised and detail-focused.
- Capable of managing competing priorities effectively.
Salary (Rate): £17.00 Hourly
City: Reading
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Temporary Payroll and Finance Coordinator - Reading (Office-Based) - £15 - £17 per hour
About the Client
Our client is a respected organisation within the Education sector, supporting around pupils across a broad age range. They are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where every background and perspective enriches their collective success. With a strong emphasis on wellbeing, personal development and community engagement, they offer a supportive environment where employees can thrive.
About the Job
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced finance professional with payroll expertise to join a busy finance team. The role combines responsibility for the monthly payroll cycle with sales ledger administration, financial reporting and wider finance support, ensuring the smooth operation of key accounting processes across the organisation.
Duties will include:
- Managing the end-to-end monthly payroll process, including data input, employee payments and reporting.
- Administering workplace pension schemes and associated records.
- Maintaining the sales ledger, ensuring accounts remain accurate and up to date.
- Handling invoice enquiries and supporting debt collection activities.
- Preparing and issuing termly invoices.
- Updating cashbooks and posting transactions to finance systems.
- Completing regular bank reconciliations.
- Assisting with month-end procedures and ledger close activities.
- Supporting annual audit requirements and providing finance documentation.
- Assisting with ad hoc finance projects and reporting requests.
- Providing cover for other finance team members when required.
About the Successful Applicant
The successful candidate will hold AAT Level 4 or an equivalent qualification and possess previous payroll experience. You will have strong bookkeeping knowledge, advanced Excel skills and excellent communication abilities. Experience within a school or a complex payroll environment with varying contracts and working patterns would be advantageous. You will be highly organised, detail-focused and capable of managing competing priorities effectively.
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