Apprentice Payroll Administrator
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Company: CT Skills
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Location: CM16 6LU
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £18,000.00 per year
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Sector: Legal, finance and accounting
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Ref: NAS-2000038814
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Application Deadline Date: 18/07/2026
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Start Date: 20/07/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm, with a 1 hour lunch break.
Brief Description
As an Apprentice Payroll Administrator, you will predominantly support the Payroll and HR functions in delivering accurate and timely weekly payroll, alongside providing essential administrative and employee support. You will gain hands-on experience in payroll processing, HR administration, reporting, and responding to employee queries.
Training to be Provided
You'll attend monthly 1-2-1 meetings (online via teams every month - NO classroom OR college!) with your tutor and learn about key areas such as statutory entitlements and deductions, payroll legislation and regulation, handling queries and complaints, and managing new starters and leavers.
You will be given a minimum of 3 hours per week to complete any apprenticeship work (assignments, research, and projects) and will receive at least another 3 hours of training from your employer.
Future Prospects
As with any apprenticeship opportunity - if you prove yourself to be a valuable member of the team there is a strong chance of a permanent post within the business.
Vacancy Detail
- Supporting the preparation and processing of weekly payroll runs
- Assisting with checking and inputting timesheets, hours worked and pay data
- Helping to calculate overtime, statutory payments, and payroll adjustments
- Ensuring payroll deadlines are met and data is accurate and complete
- Providing general administrative support across Payroll and HR functions
- Maintaining and updating employee records on payroll systems
- Assisting with filing, documentation, and data entry tasks
- Ensuring confidentiality and GDPR compliance at all times
- Responding to payroll queries from employees and managers in a professional and timely manner
- Supporting the investigation and resolution of basic payroll issues
- Escalating more complex queries to senior team members where appropriate
- Providing a helpful first point of contact for payroll-related queries
- Assisting with the preparation of weekly, and ad hoc payroll reports
- Supporting with data extraction and analysis for management reporting
- Helping to maintain accuracy and consistency of payroll data across systems
- Assisting with audit checks and reconciliation tasks where required
- Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training