Payroll and Finance Coordinator

CVs to anthony@crippsrecruitment.co.uk please, if you are AAT Qualified and can commute to Oxford

Job Title: Payroll and Finance Coordinator

Location: Oxford (North) – Accessible by public transport & parking provided

Working Pattern: Full-time, On-site

Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum + benefits

Are you an organized finance professional with strong payroll experience looking for a varied, hands-on role where you can take real ownership of an end-to-end process?

We are seeking a reliable and detail-oriented Payroll and Finance Coordinator to join a small, dedicated finance team based in North Oxford. Working closely with a supportive Finance Manager, this newly expanded role acts as the administrative backbone of the department, taking full responsibility for multi-site payroll processing alongside core transactional finance duties.

This is an ideal opportunity for an enthusiastic professional who enjoys a focused, fully on-site team culture and wants to manage a vital, dual-focus function.

Key Responsibilities:

• Payroll Management: Complete ownership of the payroll cycle; gathering and reviewing departmental wage sheets, managing complex holiday and pension inputs, processing leavers, and ensuring absolute accuracy before system uploads.
• Compliance & Reporting: Prepare and submit monthly statutory returns to HMRC, including apprenticeship levy calculations, and act as the main point of contact for pension providers.
• Accounts Payable: End-to-end management of supplier invoices, including accurate coding, matching to delivery documentation, statement reconciliations, and vendor query resolution.
• Revenue & Cash Reconciliation: Reconcile daily multi-site sales sheets and system reports against cash/card receipts, completing robust daily and monthly bank reconciliations.
• Month-End Support: Assist the Finance Manager with period-end preparation, providing accurate data to support stock tracking and balance sheet analysis.

About You:

• Proven experience in a dedicated payroll administration role, ideally combined with wider transactional finance experience (accounts payable or ledger management).
• Exceptional numerical accuracy, high attention to detail, and a proactive approach to solving discrepancies.
• Trustworthy, discrete, and completely comfortable handling highly confidential business, personal, and payroll data.
• Proficient in MS Excel and comfortable adapting quickly to internal operating systems and payroll platforms.
• Strong communication skills for building relationships with internal managers, staff, and external vendors.
• AAT qualification (Level 3 or above) or progress toward a professional accounting qualification is desirable but not essential.

What’s on Offer:

• A highly competitive salary of up to £40,000 plus benefits.
• Study support options for CIPP, AAT, or further professional qualifications.
• Excellent mentorship and technical guidance from an experienced Finance Manager.
• Convenient location with dedicated parking options provided.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications for this role from candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK, or require visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future.  This includes those currently on a graduate visa.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.