Junior Payroll Administrator

🔥 19 hours ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🧾 Payroll

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

👻 Ghost score 25%

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Remote Choice

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2022

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

Remote Choice is a UK-founded recruitment and staffing firm that helps UK businesses hire skilled, remote professionals from South Africa. The company sources, screens, shortlists and manages hiring logistics — including interviews, assessments, payroll and local IT infrastructure — to deliver cost-effective remote staffing solutions without up-front fees. Remote Choice emphasizes a large South African talent pool, dual-location support (UK and South Africa), and savings of up to 50% compared with traditional UK recruitment.

📋 Description

• Process weekly, fortnightly and monthly payrolls for a portfolio of UK clients • Calculate gross-to-net pay, overtime, bonuses, holiday pay and statutory payments • Process PAYE, National Insurance, pensions and other payroll deductions • Manage new starters, leavers and changes to employee information • Process workplace pension and auto-enrolment requirements • Complete RTI submissions and other required HMRC payroll reporting • Produce and issue payslips and payroll reports • Support year-end payroll processes, including P60s • Check payroll information thoroughly to ensure accuracy before submission • Investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies or errors • Respond to client payroll queries in a professional and timely manner • Maintain accurate and confidential payroll records

🎯 Requirements

• Previous experience working within UK payroll is highly desirable • Experience processing multiple payrolls or working within a payroll bureau/accountancy environment would be an advantage • Good understanding of PAYE, National Insurance, statutory payments and UK payroll processes • Knowledge of workplace pensions and auto-enrolment • Strong Excel and general computer skills • Excellent attention to detail and confidence working with numbers • Ability to manage multiple deadlines and prioritise your workload • Strong written and verbal English communication skills • Comfortable working independently in a fully remote environment • Professional and trustworthy when handling confidential employee and client information

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote, working from South Africa • Permanent, full-time opportunity • Opportunity to work with an established UK professional services business • Exposure to a varied portfolio of UK clients • Supportive and collaborative team environment • Long-term opportunity to develop your UK payroll experience