Payroll Lead (Accounts)

Posted 28 October 2025
Salary £30000 - £34000 per annum
LocationBelfast
Job type Permanent
Discipline Accountancy & Finance
ReferenceBBBH13230_1761664295

Job description

Payroll Lead (with Purchase Ledger duties)

Lead payroll. Support purchase ledger. Build your finance career.

Join a Belfast-based business as a Payroll Lead with additional Purchase Ledger responsibilities. You'll take full ownership of the weekly payroll cycle and provide hands-on support across AP and month-end, with scope to broaden your role over time.

What's in it for you?

  • Belfast (outer Belfast), office-based

  • Own the end-to-end weekly payroll process and develop wider finance skills

  • Competitive package and a supportive, collaborative team

About your next employer

A well-established organisation with active, on-the-ground operations and a close-knit finance team. You'll work alongside another Accounts Assistant, act as the go-to person for weekly payroll, and contribute to AP and month-end activities.

About you

  • Proven end-to-end payroll experience (weekly cycles)

  • Purchase Ledger experience with accounting software; comfortable with journal posting and nominal codes

  • Strong Excel skills; high attention to detail; organised, deadline-driven, and a proactive team player

  • Desirable: Sage Payroll, CIS knowledge, construction sector exposure, NetSuite

  • Pefect for someone who is an Accounts Assistant, Accounting Technician

What you'll do

  • Lead weekly payroll: gather inputs, process in Sage Payroll, post journals, reconcile control accounts, and manage employee payments

  • Support Purchase Ledger: invoice entry/coding, supplier communications, payment runs, and statement reconciliations

  • Month-end cover: assist with accruals/prepayments, supplier reconciliations, and general finance/admin tasks as required

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Accountancy & Finance job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Chanel Gillen in the strictest confidence.