Sage Payroll & HR Administrator

Manningtree | Competitive salary | Full time | Monday to Friday | Permanent
A full-time, permanent opportunity to join a growing logistics firm, supporting payroll accuracy and key HR processes for drivers and office-based staff.

Introduction

Our growing logistics firm is recruiting for an experienced Payroll & HR Administrator to join the People team. This role focuses on ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time, while also supporting a range of HR and recruitment activities.

Key Duties:

• Processing weekly payroll for all UK employees, ensuring accurate tax, National Insurance, and pension deductions.

• Maintaining and updating employee records on the HR system.

• Producing payslips and processing BACS payments.

• Supporting recruitment by posting job adverts, shortlisting applications, coordinating interviews, and managing onboarding paperwork.

• Managing statutory HR tasks, including holiday accruals, sick pay calculations, and right-to-work checks.

• Raising offer letters and managing holiday approvals.

• Producing weekly payroll reports for management.

• Responding to payroll and HR-related employee queries.

• Assisting with annual compliance, including P11Ds and auto-enrolment.

• Supporting ad-hoc HR projects as required.

Requirements:

• Proven experience processing UK payroll

• Experience using Sage.

• Strong numeracy skills and attention to detail.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Ability to work calmly under pressure and working to deadlines.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary.

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.

• Pension scheme.

• Ongoing training and career development opportunities.

Interested?

Apply now by sending your CV and a brief covering note. If you are proactive, great at building internal relationships and have a passion for numbers and people, we look forward to hearing from you.